Dengue fever cases have dramatically increased in the last two weeks in northern Việt Nam.

Lê Duy Minh, Deputy Director of HCM City Department of Taxation, announced on Wednesday that the department will stamp seals at all gas station in the city in order to prevent tax loss and fraud.

Tủa Chùa District, a remote and disadvantaged district in the northern mountains, used to be known as the land of opium trees. Thanks to efforts of local patriarchs through the "Peaceful family" model, villagers have replaced opium trees with other crops.

In a video clip that immediately sparked public outrage after being posted on Facebook late on Monday, a young woman was seen yelling, cursing and trying to physically attack a traffic police officer in the middle of a heavily-congested street in HCM City.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta have run out of sand for construction at a time when many key infrastructure works are in progress.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc called on the the young people of Bến Tre Province in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta to continue pursuing entrepreneurship to better contribute to the development of the country, society and themselves.

A paraglider was rescued on Wednesday after making an emergency landing in Đà Sơn forest in Liên Chiểu district, 20km north of central Đà Nẵng.

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A research team from the HCM City University Medical Centre won the award for the best laparoscopic liver surgery video at the 1^st World Congress of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society held in Paris earlier this month.