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.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Department of Transport to develop a plan for a new entrance at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

More than 400 university students attended a debate on Saturday about protecting the pangolin, the world’s most commonly trafficked mammal.

The Hà Nội People’s Procuracy has proposed the death sentence for Giang Kim Đạt, the former official at a subsidiary of Việt Nam’s Ship Building Industry Corporation, or Vinashin, a state-owned shipbuilding giant.

Sơn La Police have discovered two cases of explosive substances being stored and used in the past week.

Bắc Ninh Police yesterday announced that they have apprehended two men wanted for murder and the robbery of more than 34 tonnes of steel on Tuesday in Thứa Town, Lương Tài District.

All boats and floating homes should be removed from the West Lake in Hà Nội by Monday, February, 20, local authorities have confirmed.