The Sơn La Police arrested Mùa A Hử, 55, from Laos’ Huaphanh Province on Saturday while he was in the act of transporting heroin from Laos to Việt Nam. They confiscated 9.8kg of heroin, a gun and 13 bullets. 

One person died and at least 10 others were injured in a traffic accident on Saturday night in Thạnh Lộc Commune, District 12 in HCM City.

Supercomputers will be deployed to unify databases of different agencies managing information on war invalids and martyrs, significantly reducing time taken to locate documents or determine the identity of remains.

In the first six months of 2017, authorities uncovered 88,560 cases of smuggling, prosecuting 1,100 cases involving 1,372 people.

Vietnamese students bagged four gold, one silver and one bronze at the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Brazil.

More than 23,000 units of blood were collected during a 20-day Red Journey blood donation campaign in 20 provinces and cities.

Thousands gathered at the old Quảng Trị Citadel yesterday morning for a requiem for soldiers who died during a 81-day battle here during the summer of 1972. This year’s event also marks the 70th War Invalids and Martyrs Day and the battle of Quảng Trị Citaldel’s 45th anniversary.

Ambitious plans to establish designated areas for street vendors in both Hà Nội and HCM City are still unable to materialise, a few months after a resounding “sidewalk clean-up” campaign fuelled debates over future of the uncountable street vendors.

Việt Nam wastes at least VNĐ23 (US$1 billion) annually on fertilisation, experts said and called for replacement of conventional fertiliser with more hi-tech products.