HCM City will install odour-control manholes to eliminate the foul smell emanating from sewers and reduce flood risks, according to its People's Committee.

Certain types of vehicles will be exempt from paying toll at Quán Hàu Toll Station and toll stations belong to traffic infrastructure investor TASCO in central Quảng Bình Province, said Nguyễn Văn Huyện, director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam.

The number of overloaded vehicles plying on roads is high because of the mismanagement by provinces and cities, Nguyễn Văn Huyện, director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN), said.

The Transport Corporation Hà Nội (Transerco) on Thursday introduced two bus routes to suburban areas – Nam Thăng Long-Xuân Hòa and Nghĩa Đô Park-Đông Anh – not covered by the service before.

Residents living around the Hoàng Cầu Lake in Đống Đa District were greeted to the ghastly sight of a large number of dead fish in the lake on Thursday afternoon.

Several major hospital construction projects that would have provided residents of the capital and its surroundings with thousands of beds have been abandoned over the past decade.

The Hải Phòng City’s People’s Committee has decided to limit groundwater extraction as signs of groundwater pollution have appeared in some inner city areas.

The first death caused by rabies in HCM City since 2010 has occurred in Gò Vấp District, according to the Department of Health.

Pork without clear origins will not be allowed to be sold at the Hóc Môn and Bình Điền wholesale markets in HCM City from July, the city administration has said.