Việt Nam’s doctors have for the first time successfully conducted a lung transplant from alive donor.

HCM City has given approval to Australia’s Trisun Green Energy Corporation to build a plasma gasification waste treatment plant, according to People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Thành Phong.

 Sixteen accused in a cheating case involving a gas station at 436 Trần Khát Chân Street were given various levels of punishments, from administrative fines to prison sentences.

As many as 100 Japanese cherry trees were planted in Nguyễn Văn Cừ Park, Bắc Ninh City of the northern province of Bắc Ninh on Wednesday. 

Although no H7N9 avian flu infections have been reported in poultry or humans yet, the likelihood of outbreaks in Việt Nam is high, senior officials said on Tuesday.

A strong cold wave is travelling from China to Việt Nam's northern region and will lead to the temperature dropping by 10 degrees Celsius, the National Hydro‑Meteorological Service has said.

A driver of a container truck and his assistant were rescued from inside the cabin after their truck overturned at Lò Xo Pass in Kon Tum Province.

At least two people were killed and 12 others injured after the sleeper bus they were travelling in suddenly exploded on Tuesday night in northern Bắc Ninh Province.

HCM City continues to seek permission from the National Assembly Standing Committee to retain a bigger share of its revenues and pile up more debts.