Hundreds of parents have joined the competition of lucky draws to get a place for their kids at State-owned pre-schools, especially in the new urban areas of Hà Nội, due to the severe shortage of public facilities there.

It is high time that Việt Nam should strengthen education on legal knowledge and life skills for young citizens, especially adolescents, to have self-restraint capacity to deal with conflicts positively and humanly, psychologists have said.

Fire prevention and fighting remain a challenge for Hà Nội authorities as a huge number of fires still occurred in the capital city and left serious consequences.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has issued an urgent message ordering the northern localities to urgently take remedial action in the wake of the recent torrential rains that killed at least 13 people and left another missing.

A flood prevention project on HCM City’s Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh Street, which is frequently flooded by heavy rains and rising tides, will upgrade the drainage systems and install a pump station.

Officials and experts have called on the HCM City People’s Committee to adopt smart traffic systems to reduce the congestion around Cát Lái Port in District 2.

 Cage fishing farmers on the Bồ River of the central province are distraught over unexplained mass fish death, causing great economic losses.

Certain local authorities have not paid due attention to curbing overweight trucks in their jurisdiction, leading to rampant violations and elevated accident risks, the Việt Nam Road Administration, under the Ministry of Transport (MoT), said.

The Traffic Police Department in cooperation with the Waterway Police and Hải Phòng City’s Police yesterday seized two illegal sand exploitation vessels in Cấm River in Hải Phòng City’s An Dương District.