The Việt Nam Fatherland Front Committee, Youth Union and Student Support Centre have gifted bus tickets to 5,000 disadvantaged students and workers for returning home for Tết (Lunar New Year).

Inspectors from the Ministry of Health discovered 244 cases related to the trade and manufacture of unsafe dietary supplements and pharmaceutical products last year.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam called on ministries to review their databases and means of information delivery to improve and offer more online public services.

External information work and dissemination of information on sea, islands, border demarcation and landmark planting must be stepped up in 2017, focusing on the Party and State’s guidelines and foreign policies, said Phạm Văn Linh, deputy head of Central Committee’s Commission for Communication and Education.

Construction of a double tunnel at An Sương intersection between HCM City’s District 12 and Hóc Môn District will kick off today, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has officially issued a circular to prohibit the use of cysteamine - a substance used in animal husbandry.

More than 2,000 canals around HCM CIty have been seriously polluted threatening people’s health, reported the Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

A fire broke out on an islet in Nha Trang in the central province Khánh Hoà last night, destroying nearly 40 houses and other property. No casualties were reported.

Service fee at residential buildings in Hà Nội, ranging from VNĐ700 (3 cents) to VNĐ16,500 (72 cents) per a square metre, regulated under the capital’s newly-issued decision, is believed to fail to match the reality.