Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình has ordered that phase 1 of sea pollution compensation disbursement must be complete before Tết.

Yesterday on the Cô Lin Reef (Collins Reef) in the Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, officers and leaders of Naval Brigade 146, under Navy Zone 4 High Command, held a commemoration to honour the heroic martyrs who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for the noble cause of protecting national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Professor Phạm Văn Thức, principal of the Hải Phòng University of Medicine and Pharmacy, is the first Vietnamese to be awarded the academician title at the French National Academy of Medicine.

The tropical storm Nock-ten, with wind speed up to 150km per hour, is heading to the East Sea, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting has said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade yesterday said it has received a resignation letter from Vũ Quang Hải, deputy general director of Sài Gòn Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Company (Sabeco).

The flyover at the Ô Đông Mác-Nguyễn Khoái crossroad was opened to traffic this morning following seven months of construction.

Major changes in the bus routes from the capital are to go into effect on January 2,  said the deputy director of the city’s Transport Department, Hà Huy Quang. The changes are intended to reduce congestion.

The Ministry of Health has denied the existence of 10 so-called cancer villages, as their rates of cancer were found to be no higher than the national average.

Tẩn Láo Lở, accused of murdering four people, including three children in Bát Xát District in the northern mountain province of Lào Cai,  was sentenced to death yesterday by the provincial People’s Court.