Around 1,500 tonnes of frozen seafood and 450 litres of fish sauce produced locally remain unsold in the stores of Quảng Trị Province because of Formosa toxic spill.

The health ministry has recommended that people avoid buying and eating poultry meat that does not have clear origins, to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) and A(H5N6).

Tropical storm Nock-ten weakened into a tropical low-pressure system this morning when it passed through the northern part of the Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelagos.

HCM City has recently been suffering from constant traffic jams even during non-peak hours.

The Southern economic hub is rushing to realise its traffic infrastructure plan in which nearly 700km of expressway is expected to be built over the next five years.

Climate change and abnormal weather conditions has strongly impacted to people’s health and is causing outbreak and recurrence of new epidemics in Việt Nam, according to report of Ministry of Health (MoH).

Local mass organisations should work closely with each other and advise the Government on policies to ensure the rights of Overseas Vietnamese and encourage them to contribute more to Việt Nam’s development, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said yesterday.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau has built a 14km sea dyke on its western coast at a cost of VNĐ158 billion (US$6.94 million).

A 21-year-old Colombian woman was caught at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport with 1.6 kilogrammes of cocaine last Sunday night.