“It has been five years since our surgery, but I feel like it was recent. I remember the day when I was hospitalized. You, with your loving thick glasses, were the first person I met. And during my days of treatment, you always encouraged my mother and me. You bring hope to me and others and help sick hearts.”

An expensive irrigation system in Ea Súp District of the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk has been lying idle, while local crops are parched.

Many people in HCM City’s rural areas have steady jobs thanks to a city programme to provide free vocational training.

HCM City has recorded 13,763 cases of dengue fever since the beginning of this year, an increase of 27 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the city’s Department of Health.

The last two spans of  Nhị Thiên Đường Bridge No. 1 in HCM City’s District 8 were connected on Tuesday (Sept 5), with an expected opening date scheduled for October 15.

A tropical depression near Luzon Island of the Philippines is predicted to strengthen into Typhoon Guchol, which will land in the East Sea, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Investigators from Hà Nội’s Transport Department recently slapped fines on fake mail trucks that were violating road and traffic rules.

Forty-three hectares of forests have been destroyed in Bình Định Province in the past few months, but no action has been taken against it, An Lão District’s People’s Committee said.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked Hà Nội’s police department to quickly investigate a customs officer who was caught replacing real ivory with imitations.