The HCM City Department of Information and Communications yesterday announced the launch of the 9th Information and Communication Technology Awards.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked concerned organisations to investigate two consecutive breakdowns in which a train was derailed twice at Yên Viên Railway Station on the Hà Nội-Lào Cai railway route last Sunday and Monday.

Over 12.7ha of remediated land at the Đà Nẵng International Airport, part of a major Agent Orange clean-up project, will be returned to the Ministry of Transport under an agreement signed yesterday. 

The environment ministry has agreed not to dump nearly one million cubic metre of waste mud discarded by a power plant into Bình Thuận Province’s sea following a public outcry against the plan.

The Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) has called on local and international organisations, individuals and the community to help those affected by heavy rains and floods in the northern provinces.

Humane Society International - Việt Nam (HSI) is calling on the South African government to honour its commitment to protect rhinos by refusing permits for an auction of rhinoceros horns.

Stargazers in Việt Nam will get the opportunity to see the Perseid meteor shower, the largest one this year, between Saturday midnight and early Sunday morning.

Rescue forces are trying to prevent an oil spill after a ship carrying 18 tonnes of diesel sank in the waters between Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An provinces on Sunday.

A Vietnamese passenger was detained on Tuesday at the Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport for illegally transporting drugs, airport customs said.