The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh on Thursday destroyed  58,000 packages of smuggled cigarettes and 297 goods that had unknown origin or were counterfeit.

A serious car accident occurred earlier Friday on the Hồ Chí Minh Road section running through Rạch Thọ Village in the southern province of Cà Mau, killing one and injuring 11 others.

A public bus plunged into a channel in the central coastal city of Đà Nẵng after being rammed from behind by a truck on Thursday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hoped that Việt Nam’s trade, investment, and defence-security cooperation with the UK will be growing strongly following the visit by Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox.

A Polish tourist and a Vietnamese tour guide lost their lives while ziplining Hang Cop waterfall in Xuân Thọ Commune, Đà Lạt City in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.

HCM City plans in June to launch the first river bus transport service connecting Bạch Đằng Wharf in District 1 with Thủ Đức District, and a second route in September from Bạch Đằng Wharf to District 8.

Forty doctors at HCM City Obstetrics Từ Dũ Hospital and Paediatrics Hospital 2 this week implanted a pacemaker in a 36-week-old male infant delivered via a Caesarian section.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has urged the ministries of Transport and Defence to finalise a plan to expand Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City and report to the Government next week.

HCM City on Wenesday installed an automatic public toilet at 116 Nguyễn Du Street in District 1.