Hà Nội police have arrested Cao Mạnh Hùng, 34, for the alleged sexual abuse of an eight-year-old girl in Hoàng Mai District’s Thịnh Liệt Ward.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked authorities of Đắk Lắk, Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình to investigate and determine illegal deforestation activities in their areas, as reported by media.

 Two Vietnamese fishermen were brought back to the country by air on Friday morning after they fell into the sea and went adrift on the Gulf of Thailand.

A man was arrested in Nghệ An Province on Thursday while attempting to smuggle VNĐ2 billion (US$88,800) to Laos.

Around 29,759 litres of home-brewed liquor have been seized in Hà Nội in the first 12 days of a citywide campaign against illicit alcohol.

A new anti-corruption assessment indicates that the fight against corruption on the provincial level in Việt Nam has only met half of the Government’s expectations.

The Prime Minister on Thursday asked the Ministry of Public Security to urgently investigate the information that organised criminals were threatening officials of the northern Bắc Ninh province’s People’s Committee and other local offices.

Phạm Thị Cúc, who lives Hải Ninh Commune in the central province of Quảng Bình’s Quảng Ninh District, had hoped that her life could change if her husband worked as a guest worker overseas.

HCM City wants to expand the use of online public services to simplify administrative procedures and reduce their cost for the public, deputy chairman of the city’s People’s Committee, Trần Vĩnh Tuyến said.