The Việt Nam Social Insurance Agency will prioritise the development of e-transaction systems to help control costs and prevent abuse of the social insurance fund this year, officials have said.

Police from the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ on Sunday seized nearly 4,200 packages of cigarettes that were being transported from An Giang Province to the city for consumption.

Hà Nội and the northern provinces will see light showers, scattered drizzles and humid weather until the end of this week, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has said.

International and Vietnamese paediatric nutrition experts shared the latest clinical study on the impact of nutrition intervention on healthy growth and dietary diversity in children at a symposium held on March 11 in Hà Nội.

Đà Nẵng has added the mega project of an underwater tunnel crossing the symbolic Hàn River to the city’s master plan, despite public criticism of its cost and necessity.

More than 3,500 out of one million plus visually impaired people in the country have accessed information technology (IT), improving their schooling, work and daily life.

Authorities of the northern province of Quảng Ninh on Monday denied rumours that the local administration in Móng Cái City had demolished Trà Cổ Church.

Nearly 200 underprivileged children in the northern province of Ninh Bình received free cardiac examinations from doctors from the National Heart Institute and provincial obstetrics and paediatrics hospital on Sunday.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio and the Japanese Friendship Association (JFA) presented 60 wheelchairs to disabled Vietnamese children and Agent Orange victims at a ceremony here on Sunday.