Residents of central ThừaThiên-Huế Province have set up tents to monitor illegal sand mining since local authorities have failed to stop miners from illegal dredging.

One hundred and eighty international and Vietnamese bio-safety experts, professionals and practitioners are discussing bio-risk, bio-preparedness, and bio-terrorism at the 12th Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association (A-PBA) Conference that opened in HCM City on Thursday.

Lack of funding for investment and development is a major challenge for remote areas in the Asia-Pacific, posing a threat to quality of life and sustainable economic growth in the region, experts said on Thursday at a meeting in HCM City.

HCM City will need massive investment from the private sector if it is to meet its goals for transportation, flood control, and other areas over the next three years, municipal authorities said at a meeting held yesterday.

More effective strategies for health financing are needed to improve community health and promote sustainable development in APEC economies, said at the 7^th APEC High-Level Meeting on Health & the Economy held yesterday (August 23) in HCM City.

A 18km bypass in southern Đồng Nai Province is in serious disrepair with thousands of trucks and containers using it every day to avoid weighing and toll stations.

 Police in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District on Tuesday arrested a Malaysian man for his alleged involvement in burglaries in hotels in Hà Nội.

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has ordered the management boards of coach stations to ensure that tickets are not illegally overpriced during the National Independence holiday, from September 2 to 4.

Lào Cai is the first northern province to claim damages caused by strong winds and heavy rains due to Typhoon Hato, after it made landfall China on Wednesday noon and kept moving north-westward.