Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has requested police in the central province of Bình Định to intensify investigation into a road accident that occurred on Wednesday night.

The first of the third APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) and related meetings began in HCM City today.

At least six people were killed and several others injured on Friday morning in an explosion in Khánh Sơn District, central coastal Khánh Hòa Province, authority officials said.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to use one million cubic metres of sludge from the Vĩnh Tân 1 Thermal Power Plant to reclaim land from the sea for building the Vĩnh Tân General Port in the central province of Bình Thuận.

Construction of technical infrastructure for a new urban area north of the Cấm River in the port city of Hải Phòng officially began on Thursday.

Five to six taxi stands will be tested in a pilot run on HCM City’s Nguyễn Du, Hàn Thuyền, Alexandre Rhodes and Lý Tự Trọng streets in District 1, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

An image of a soldier sitting on the side of a road, hurriedly having a pack of instant noodles before resuming his task of taking rice and other basic necessities to residents in flood-hit areas has gone viral in recent days.

Construction on some roads in HCM City will be suspended during the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) from August 18-30 and the APEC Ministerial Meeting from September 9-15.

In the 20sq.m room of war veteran Bùi Văn Bình in Phong Châu Town, Phù Ninh District, Phú Thọ Province, most of the space is spared for more than 600 war memorabilia. It has taken the dedicated veteran time and efforts to collect this remembrance over the past four years.

Being called Mr Bình’s museum by locals, the little room but full of war memories has become a familiar place for local war veterans to gather and young generation to learn historical knowledge.