Seven Vietnamese citizens were killed in flash floods and landslides in Mengshan County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province, China, the consulate general of Việt Nam in Nanning has said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked relevant ministries, agencies and localities to strengthen preventive measures against the spread of dengue fever, noting that it has developed in a “complicated manner” in many countries, including Việt Nam.

The Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) will put into operation the first 65km road section of the 140km Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Expressway project – the first expressway in the central and central highlands region – from August 2nd.

A group of eight scientists arrived in the central province of Bình Thuận on Thursday to assess the environmental protection plan related to the planned dumping of waste into the sea.

Sixty-four woman in HCM City were recognised with the State title of Vietnamese Heroic Mother for their contributions and sacrifice to the country’s liberation in celebration of the annual 70th Day for War Invalids and Martyrs on July 27.

The HCM City Department of Transport has approved a project to build a drainage system along the Gia Định Canal and its networks in District 12.

Challenges, opportunities and solutions facing higher education institutions were the focus of a two-day international conference that began yesterday at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Regional Training Centre (SEAMEO RETRAC) in HCM City.

The Ministry of Health has allowed HCM City-based Mỹ Đức General Hospial to carry out surrogate pregnancies for humanitarian purposes.

Rubber growers in central Quảng Trị Province’s Vĩnh Linh District are devastated after some 1,000ha of their rubber plantations were damaged by tropical storm Sonca.