Wrongdoings in budget estimation, settlement, collection and expenditure worth some VNĐ100 billion (US$4.4 million) have been discovered in the central province of Nghệ An during the first half of this year.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the Department of Communication and Information and other relevant agencies to take urgent action to ward off the threat from the Petrwrap ransomware attack.

Investors in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts are delaying installation of electronic toll collection (ETC) equipment at their toll gates on highways, officials say.

The HCM City administration has instructed the Department of Transport to install LED lights in public places and schools on a trial basis to reduce power consumption.

All fuel pumps at petrol stations in HCM City will be sealed from September 2017 to prevent tampering of their meters by the stations and ensure they fully pay taxes.

Police in the central province of Khánh Hòa arrested a Russian woman wanted by Interpol on drug-related charges.

Medical experts are warning against what they see as an anti-vaccine campaign that is being waged on social media.

Thousands of sanitation workers in the southern metropolis of Hồ Chí Minh City are finding their work particularly unrewarding, now more than ever, as they have been working practically without pay since the end of last year due to the dire financial difficulties of their employers.

 A truck delivering some 2.7 tonnes of ivories from Hà Nội was caught on Saturday in Thanh Hóa Province’s Quảng Xương District.