Four children in Phú Yên Province’s Sơn Hòa District drowned on Wednesday while bathing in the water flow of a nearby hydropower plant, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) reported.

Hà Nội police have detained and prosecuted five people involving in a wild animal trafficking ring from central Nghệ An Province to Hà Nội.

 The Southernmost Cà Mau Province’s People’s Committee has asked the Government to provide VNĐ120 billion (US$5.3 million) in funds to move locals from landslide areas to new residential areas.

The People’s Court of the southern province of Tây Ninh has sentenced two people in prison for cheating 41 people of around VNĐ12 billion (US$533,300).

The Vietnamese delegation finished third at the Intel International Science and Technology Fair (Intel ISEF), which took place from May 13 to 19 in Los Angeles, the United States. 

One person has died and as many as 60 people have reportedly been hospitalised in the dysentery outbreak in the northern mountainous Lai Châu Province.

The prices of battery-farmed chickens and their egg are falling rapidly, causing concern for breeders nationwide, especially in Hà Nội and Đồng Nai – the two localities raising the highest numbers of battery chickens.

Many HCM CITY sidewalks have been encroached again after a campaign was launched to remove illegally parked cars, vendors, cafes, canopies and other obstructions.

Tires are reportedly among most problematic sources of waste, but Nguyễn Lương Thông from Nam Định Province’s Ý Yên District is showing that they can also present a recycling opportunity.