Maintaining law and order is necessary for Việt Nam to achieve good socio-economic development, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at an online meeting with all localities nationwide yesterday.

Hà Nội People’s Court yesterday opened the trial of the former director of HDBank’s branch on charges of swindling and appropriating assets.

A group of 17 tourists from Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province who were on a field trip to Đà Nẵng were admitted to the city’s General Hospital on Sunday night, suffering from food poisoning.

Tân Sơn Nhất airport customs officers on Sunday (May 14) found elephant tusks and tails, leopard skins, and wild animal claws worth VNĐ2 billion (US$90,000) in the luggage of a Vietnamese woman who had been on a flight from Africa to HCM City.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to set up an inspection team to supervise the operation of the multi-level marketing activities of Nhã Khắc Lâm Co, Ltd.

Bottom trawling is a particularly destructive method of fishing, in which huge weighted nets are dragged the sea floor, catching everything in their path, leaving behind a trail of emptiness.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng on Monday visited households affected by the landslide on the banks of Hậu River in An Giang Province’s Mỹ Hội Đông Commune.

 The spread of WannaCry ransomware has been wreaking havoc across the world since Friday, and several Vietnamese businesses and agencies are advised to take cautions.

Throughout the country, especially northern region and a number of central provinces from Thanh Hoá to Thừa Thiên-Huế, rainfall of varying degrees is expected today, along with thunderstorms, hailstorms and powerful gusts.