Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the health ministry to check the veracity of a newspaper report stating that Việt Nam ranks the top in the world in antibiotic-resistant infections.

Quảng Trị has received 340 tonnes of seeds as part of flood relief from the government, the central province People’s Committee announced yesterday.

More than 1,470,000 people in 125 communes of three provinces have accessed reproductive health and family planning services during the past four years.

Fire and police officials on Wednesday began examining the factory in La Phù Commune to determine the cause of the huge fire that razed it on Tuesday night.

Đoàn Văn Vươn has gone through ups and downs, working on his land to turn his farm into the largest one in the region.

Many rural labourers are flocking into cities, including Hà Nội to work as seasonal labourers ahead of Tết.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked authorised agencies to fine-tune mechanisms and policies to attract more resources to social housing development, especially for poor people, war invalids and workers.

Many provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are taking measures to secure freshwater for farming and household use since drought and saltwater intrusion is expected to be severe in the 2016-17 dry season.

Hà Nội traffic police will not overlook violations made by any public servants, police officers or journalists, said Colonel Đào Vịnh Thắng, head of Hà Nội Traffic Police Department.