Some 80 per cent of construction landfills along the capital city’s riverbanks are operating without licences, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

An unidentified woman, 34, was caught allegedly smuggling over four kilogrammes of ivory and pangolin scales worth VNĐ250 million (US$11,000) hidden in a frozen salmon’s belly and milk cartons on a flight from Angola to Việt Nam on Thursday.

Japan’s police on Friday served a fresh arrest warrant on a man already detained in relation to the death of a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba Prefecture in March.

The People’s Committee of Nha Trang City of central Khánh Hòa Province reaffirmed the ban on floating restaurants in Nha Trang Bay.

Close co-operation is needed between government agencies, enterprise associations, and vocational training to reduce the skill gap in Việt Nam’s labour market, participants at a two-day workshop said on Thursday.

The city’s Drug Crime Investigation Police Department announced on Thursday the arrest of Dương Đình Đăng, who was suspected  to be leader of a large-scale drug trafficking ring.

Rapid trains from Hà Nội to Vinh City of central Nghệ An Province will officially be launched on June 1, reducing travel time to only five and a half hours.

The city’s health department has urged district-level authorities and relevant agencies to take preventive measures against the outbreak of dengue fever.

Increasing forest cover to 45 per cent of national territory and contributing to an eight per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 are among the targets of a national environmental action plan introduced yesterday in Hà Nội.