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.

Water used for kidney dialysis in Hòa Bình General Hospital, where eight patients died recently, in one of Việt Nam’s most serious medical incidents, did not meet standards, tests revealed.

A heat wave engulfed the North on Monday, with temperatures rising by one to two degrees Celsius, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

Việt Nam and Laos convened the fourth meeting of their Scientific and Technological Co-operation Committee in Cửa Lò town, the central province of Nghệ An, yesterday.