The Hà Nội police are applying a range of measures to ease traffic congestion in the city as Tết (Lunar New Year) draws near.

People raise more concerns about food safety and hygiene in the run-up to Tết, the lunar new year celebrations, when demand for meat grows. Some recent visible violations related to animal slaughter in Hà Nội are especially troubling.

Deputy PM Trương Hòa Bình has urged Tân Sơn Nhất international airport in HCM City to step up efforts to “tackle airport overload, cyberattacks and laser beam incidents to ensure the security of the southern region’s busiest airport”.

The HCM City Urban Transport Management Authority No 4 on Sunday began construction of D1 Street connecting Nguyễn Văn Linh Street with Sài Gòn University and the Him Lam residential area in District 7.

Three babies conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the northern province of Thái Nguyên were born on Sunday, Hospital A’s director Đỗ Minh Thịnh said.

The central city’s traffic police has launched its own facebook, Cảnh Sát Giao Thông Thành Phố Đà Nẵng, or Đà Nẵng City’s Traffic Police, to get feedback and exchange information and idea with local residents and tourists after a two-month trial.

Southern Đồng Nai Province has reported its first case of Zika – a woman who tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus, the local health department reported.

The HCM City police have busted a drug trafficking racket from Cambodia to Việt Nam, seizing around 1.4kg heroin and 4kg ecstasy, and arresting eight persons involved.

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Friday handed down prison sentences to two Chinese nationals for “using computer, telecommunication and internet networks to appropriate property”.