The rapid rise of apartment blocks along several small roads in Hà Nội has strained traffic infrastructure with thousands of new residents arriving at once.

Aware of the alarming number of drowning deaths among children in Việt Nam, many parents this summer are taking their children to local pools to learn how to swim.

An official tests the equipment at the Tổng Cáng water supply station in southern Sóc Trăng Province’s Trần Đề District. Launched yesterday, it is the first station in the province to use reverse osmosis (RO) water purification technology.

Some 400 Japanese nationals took their first Vietnamese language proficiency exam on Sunday at the Japanese College of Foreign Languages in Tokyo, Japan, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Northern Yên Bái City Police began prosecuting Lê Duy Phong, who is responsible for readers' feedback of online Việt Nam Education’s, on Sunday for abuse of office and appropriation of property, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday.

HCM City last Saturday launched a campaign to raise awareness of the fight against drug use following Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s instructions to authorities nation-wide to mark Action Month for Drug Prevention this month.

Dental tourism has been identified as one of HCM City’s five main medical tourism products, according to its Department of Tourism.

Nguyễn Thị Lụa, 54, a homemaker in Hà Nội, was detected with leukaemia at  Saint Paul Hospital where she had registered for a check-up, funded by health insurance.

A dam of the La Bách reservoir in central Phú Yên Province’s Sông Hinh District is at risk of breaking as a large amount of water has permeated through a large area of its downstream surface.