Rangers in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province’s preventive forest have discovered a population of some 78 red-shanked doucs (Pygathrix nemaeus), listed as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The People’s Committee of northern Quảng Ninh Province has officially launched self-driven tours from Móng Cái City to bordering Donxing in China through the Móng Cái International Border Gate.

The Ministry of Health will build an endocrinology hospital with 100-beds capacity in HCM City to meet the increasing demand, minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has said.

Chư Păm Bridge in in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk collapsed due to the recent flooding, blocking traffic between Krông Bông District and National Highway 26.

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).