Fourteen foreign tourists, one tour guide and a crew of six were rescued early Tuesday morning after a fire occurred on their boat.

HCM City officials have asked telecommunications companies to redesign or replace more than 5,000 base transceiver stations (BTSs) located on top of houses and other buildings. 

The Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources will inspect projects that have high potential for causing severe environmental pollution to ensure that they are adhering to the law in 2017.

HCM City Department of Health has set up a hotline for the public to complain about food quality during Tết (Lunar New Year) as part of a campaign on food safety.

Looming financial hurdles in the upcoming new year were worrying farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta as many reported the price of gingers dropping to an unprecedented low.

The defence ministries of Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia will step up military co-operation via programmes to be implemented this year.

The number of traffic safety violations on the country’s longest National Highway, Hà Nội-Lào Cai, has been increasing after being in use two years ago, endangering the safety of road users, media reported.

Ethnic-minority children play games during break time at Bản Phùng Primary School, in northern mountainous Hà Giang’s Hoàng Su Phì District. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Some provincial roads in northern Bắc Ninh Province are being overused as drivers prefer using them instead of the Hà Nội-Bắc Giang Expressway to avoid the toll station.