Anyone found to be hanging advertising boards on trees, electric poles or traffic lights will be fined up to VNĐ10 million (US$439), five times higher than the previous regulation.

 Japanese police have confirmed the death of a Vietnamese girl in Akibo, Chiba Prefecture, who was reported missing last Friday, according to Japanese media.

The central province should build as an international recreational and tourism centre in attracting visitors and investors in the future with two world heritages – Hoi An city and Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary, and a world biosphere Chàm Island, and a 125km pristine untouch coast.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed a resolution providing a credit package worth VNĐ100 trillion (US$4.4 billion) to invest in the development of high-tech agriculture at lower than market rates.

Tonnes of poultry are illegally traded and slaughtered daily in Hà Nội’s markets raising public concern over the spread of avian influenza in the capital.

The Transport Engineering Design Incorporated (TEDI) has proposed a transport connection project between HCM City and seven other provinces and cities.

Temperatures in HCM City shot up to 33 degrees Celsius last week, triggering respiratory and digestive disease and hand, foot, and mouth disease among children, according to the city’s Paediatrics Hospital 1.

HCM City plans to open private lanes for buses on two major streets to speed up operating time and attract bus riders, among other plans to ease traffic congestion, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

Việt Nam has saved 471,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, equivalent to VNĐ764 million (US$33,616) when people nationwide responded to the event switching off unnecessary electrical devices, the Electricity of Vietnam Group’s National Load Dispatch Centre said.