Việt Nam loses more than VNĐ 24.6 trillion per year on tobacco, accounting for almost 0.97 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a World Health Organisation report said.

Northern provinces are suffering the first major heat spell of summer 2017, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius.

Fifteen new high-quality buses with capacity of 60 seats each will be put into operation on two routes in Hà Nội from Thursday. According to the Hà Nội Transport Service Company (Transerco), the new buses will run on routes 55A (Cầu Giấy-Times City) and 55B (Cầu Giấy-Aeon Mall Trade Centre)

The capital city’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake will be dredged and cleaned by the end of July, said Võ Tiến Hùng, general director of Hà Nội Sewerage and Drainage Company Ltd.

The Department of Labour Relations and Wage was launched in Hà Nội on Tuesday by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. 

The HCM City People’s Committee has sought clearance from the Ministry of Transport to invest in new transport works to smoothen traffic on its roads.

Prostate cancer often goes undetected because there are no symptoms when patients first contract the disease.

Domestic violence in Việt Nam has been damaging to spirit, economy, productivity and also violating the honour, dignity and lives of individuals, Vice President, Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, said yesterday.

Taiwan-invested Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd has conducted test run of its first blast furnace, deputy director of the Vietnam Environment Administration Hoàng Dương Tùng said on Monday.