Heavy fines for littering public places, vocational training support for young people and change of dialing codes are among important regulations that will be effective from this month.

According to estimates of the Hà Nội Health Department, the city has nearly 3,000 private health clinics, receiving some one million patients per year. While many private clinics offer good services and help reduce the pressure on public hospitals, there were some private clinics that violate regulations. The newspaper Sức Khỏe Đời Sống (Health and Life)  talks to Trần Nhị Hà, deputy director of the Hà Nội Health Department, on the matter.

The capital and the northern provinces will experience a chill and light rain on Wednesday, after sunny weather for the first three days of the Lunar New Year.

The Mông ethnicity’s cultural perception of marriage was driving their young girls out of school and instead into early marriage in the central province of Nghệ An.

A range of majors of Huế College of Arts under Huế University have been facing to be suspended from operation due to lack of students.

The death toll from traffic accidents amounted to 118 during the first three days of the Lunar New Year (January 28-30). 

Twenty-nine mountainous districts bordering Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) have reportedly achieved progress in social and economic development throughout 2016.

The southern province of Đồng Nai will build 20,000 houses from now until 2030 to meet the accommodation needs of workers, students and people with low incomes.

Traffic death toll amounted to 48 on the first two days of the Lunar New Year (Saturday and Sunday).