A cold spell is predicted to hit Hà Nội and the northern region from Saturday, causing the temperature to drop significantly.

PM Phúc has asked the Ministry of National Defence to cooperate with the ministries of transport and public security and local authorities to re-examine cars and trucks with red number plates – the vehicles assumed to belong to the army – nation wide.

Rescue forces salvaged a truck from Nhất Canal in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp's Thanh Mỹ Commune on Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters last night were still battling a huge fire that broke out before at a Taiwanese garment factory in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ. 

The chairman of the HCM City’s People’s Committee has urged the Department of Transport to replace unqualified investors of underground parking lot projects that have been delayed for more than 10 years.

Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust yesterday (March 23) met with leaders of HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) to extend co-operation between the two schools in the upcoming time.

Wild elephant habitats in the southern province of  Đồng Nai are being reduced and degraded, leading to a lack of food and more conflicts between animals and humans, according to local authorities.

The Sơn Trà Nature Reserve – the green lung of Đà Nẵng - will turn into a desert, and the world’s biggest population of red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus) will become extinct unless  rapid development of hotels and resorts there is not stopped.

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee said yesterday it had ordered atmospheric water generators, which extracted water from humid air, to serve locals and tourists.