The Ministry of Health has ordered provinces and cities across the country to urgently conduct appropriate measures to prevent the entry of the A/H7N9 virus, commonly known as bird flu.

The southern province of Bình Phước's authority has apologised for violations relating to deforestation occurred in the province.

Sixty six liver transplants have so far been performed across the country, with 34 donors being alive and 32 brain dead, according to Việt Nam Society of Organ Transplantation.

A crew member of a Vietnamese ship was reported killed and six others abducted in waters off the Filipino island of Mindanao.

The provincial police, in collaboration with the Department of Criminal Police, recently apprehended two suspects allegedly responsible for the murder of a truck driver on February 14.

A serious collision between a train and another vehicle occurred this afternoon in Phú Lộc District, Thừa Thiên – Huế Province, killing at least three people.

An ethnic man, who was under intensive treatment, died of alcohol poisoning in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu yesterday.

The Institute of Environmental Technology under the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology has taken samples from a 50-metre streak of reddish seawater that appeared in central Hà Tĩnh Province’s Sơn Dương Port last Friday for tests.

Việt Nam Lottery Company found the winner of its jackpot worth VNĐ41.6 billion (US$1.8 million) on Sunday night.