Doãn Trung Dũng, arrested for the murder of Nguyễn Thị Hát, 61, and her three grandchildren in Uông Bí City, was sentenced to death in a speedy trial yesterday.

A petrol station was engulfed in flames in HCM City yesterday evening, destroying some dozens of motorbikes nearby.

Ministries, agencies and administrations of central provinces have been requested to work harder to deal with the widespread flooding which has left heavy consequences in the central region. 

A project aiming to promote biodiversity in Việt Nam was launched yesterday by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in the northern province of Lào Cai.

The Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday arrested Nguyễn XuânLong for allegedly spreading the rumour on social network that Việt Nam would replace the current banknotes with new ones.

A road-safety programme called Lifting Safety was launched on Thursday (Dec 15) to identify safety risks in the community living near the Cái Mép International Terminal (CMIT) in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

More than 400,000 readers in rural areas can access books and a system of over 9,000 civil libraries has been built in 26 provinces in Việt Nam since 2007. This is thanks to the “Books for rural areas of Việt Nam” programme.

Japanese health experts are training around 100 doctors from Hà Nội and the neighbouring provinces to perform endoscopic ultrasounds (EUS) at the Hightech and Digestive Centre in Hà Nội.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade yesterday inaugurated a system that enables consumers to check the origin of pork they buy at nearly 350 modern outlets.