For the last five years, 600 young cadres have been appointed vice chairman of a communal people’s committee at 64 poor districts across the country. They’re sent off to work with a university degree, very little experience, and a good deal of energy and fresh perspective.

Tourism construction on Sơn Trà Peninsula could come to a dramatic halt, after the Đà Nẵng People’s Committee met Monday with the city’s tourism association to discuss the Sơn Trà Tourism Area Development Master Plan.

APEC’s two-day third senior officials meeting (SOM 3) began yesterday with the participation of more than 200 delegates from the 21 APEC economies, the APEC Business Advisory Council, the ASEAN Secretariat and the Pacific Economic Co-operation Council.

HCM City Police have decided to prosecute two people for smuggling electronic devices of different kinds from Japan into Việt Nam.

Minister of Information and Communications Hoàng Vĩnh Bảo on Monday requested the revocation of the journalist card of Nguyễn Thế Thắng.

A collision between a sleeper bus and a 45-seater coach occurred on a highway outside Hà Nội on Tuesday, injuring 10 people and paralysing traffic in the area.

The Ministry of Health has denied granting any favour to pharmaceutical company VN Pharma amid doubts over the ministry’s involvement in the company’s scandalous drug smuggling racket.

As many as nine people were taken to Cần Thơ City General Hospital on Monday after they sustained burn injuries at a wedding party in Trường Long Commune, Phong Điền District.

Camera-equipped drones known as flycams have become increasingly popular, especially among Vietnamese photographers and filmmakers, but few people know they need permission from the Ministry of Defence to fly the devices.