Floods occurred again in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình, due to heavy rainfall and water released from a local power plant.

Parents need to do more to protect their kids from the growing number of online threats, but many are unaware of the dangers, a global study by online security company Kaspersky Lab has found.

The People's Court in Hà Nội has sentenced a husband and wife to prison for abusing trust and cheating their acquaintances of more than VNĐ15.2 billion (US$181,000).

Three members of a family in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu died after eating toad gruel, according to local hospital. 

Vietnamese young people and their Chinese peers exchanged knowledge about environmental protection at a forum in Ha Long City, Việt Nam’s northern province of Quảng Ninh yesterday as part of the ongoing third Việt Nam-China Youth Festival.

Residents in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Thừa Thiên-Huế affected by the recent environmental incident started to receive their first-phase compensation package.

The National External Information Service Awards 2016, held by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education and the Steering Committee for External Information Service, launched its official call for submissions yesterday.

Construction violations have been rampant for years in Hà Nội but lax management and irresolute solutions have left the problem unresolved.

Coal-fired thermal power plants should focus on technology renovation so as to minimise environmental pollution, given that thermal power will provide much of Viet Nam’s future energy, experts warn.