The central city of Đà Nẵng plans to build the first public underground car park project in the city's downtown on an area of 4,000sq.m with total investment of VNĐ195 billion (US$8.7 million) in 2016-18.

Population policies should change from focusing on population and family planning to focusing on population and development, said Associate Professor Nguyễn Đình Cử, former director of the Institute of Population and Social Studies, at a conference yesterday in Hà Nội.

Newly manufactured assembled and imported cars are obliged to meet European exhaust emission level 4 standards (Euro 4) from January 1, 2017 in order to be eligible to register in Việt Nam. But with just a month to go, many drivers are still not aware of this standard.

The Việt Nam Mennonite Church commenced its third general conference in HCM City yesterday with the participation of nearly 300 delegates from 24 provinces and cities. 

Torrential rainfall measuring 100-200mm in Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định provinces has flooded nearly 1,000 houses and over 3,000ha of sowed rice and raised river levels.

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Việt Nam is hoping to boost its renewable energy production, especially wind and solar energy, to more than 10.7 per cent of total generation by 2030, up from the previously planned 6 per cent.

Two officials were dismissed from their positions and three others were disciplined with a warning after a karaoke bar fire broke out in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District.

A 500-tonne barge sank on Đồng Nai river this morning, spilling at least 100 litres of oil, Trịnh Tuấn Liêm, director of Đồng Nai Province’s transport department, confirmed the incident to Người Lao Động (the Labourer) newspaper.