Nearly 500 primary school students in HCM City yesterday took part BASF Kids’ Lab 2016, an interactive education programme, which emphasises the critical role of water in daily lives and how chemistry can be used to help water conservation.

Việt Nam can improve public-sector integrity and efficiency by strengthening laws addressing conflicts of interests, according to a report conducted by the Government and the World Bank, with support from the United Kingdom Government.

The HCM City Department of Transport has urged relevant agencies to hasten land payments to speed up projects to prevent landslides, especially in Bình Thạnh District.

In HCM City, there are 474 severely degraded apartment buildings that threaten the lives and properties of their occupants, authorities said.

HCM City expects to spend VNĐ 1.23 trillion (US$54.38 million) to subsidise buses next year, up VNĐ 231 billion ($10.24 million) against 2016, the Transport Department said on Tuesday (Nov 8).

A new bridge in Hà Giang Province's Xín Mần District connects residents with a future that teems with development potential

Two people were killed and 14 others injured when a sleeper bus overturned on the Hồ Chí Minh Trail in a section of Quảng Nam Province at around 1.45am yesterday morning.

The survey of Việt Nam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) which released misleading test results of fish sauce and caused public fear does not ensure independence, reliability and transparency, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said.

The Most Venerable Thích Chơn Thiện, the deputy head of the Buddist Sangha of Việt Nam, passed away on Tuesday morning in Huế city.