Việt Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has contributed to enriching and developing the country’s culture, the rector of HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities said at conference held on Wednesday.

The HCM City People’s Committee yesterday decided to set up a steering board for Zika and dengue-fever prevention as the number of cases has increased during the rainy season, which creates favourable conditions for the breeding of mosquitoes.

More than 25 transport and logistics companies have gathered at a workshop in Hà Nội to discuss ways to avoid the risk of unwittingly becoming a party to wildlife trafficking.

Heavy rains and strong wind caused erosion and isolated mountainous areas in Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Ninh Thuận and Kon Tum provinces over the last two days.

The Government has issued special regulations concerning investment, budgetary status and decentralisation Da Nang in order to help the central coastal city boost growth.

The fleet of State-owned cars serving officials will be cut by 30 to 50 per cent, or about 12,000 to 20,000 cars, by the year 2020. The cut will not be applied to mountainous, remote areas and the islands.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh said yesterday at the Việt Nam Summit 2016 that the country would continue to focus on restructuring the economy, renewing its growth model and integrating into the global production and value chain.

Cooperation between Việt Nam and European countries in higher education is expected to get a boost.

Local authorities in Hồ Chí Minh City yesterday decided to confiscate a large number of guns illegally transported to Việt Nam, the Customs Office of the Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport said.