Some 300 farmers were honoured here on Tuesday for achieving excellent results in the manufacture and trade of agricultural products and for creating jobs for over 11 million labourers.

The Suprem People's Procuratorate has decided to prosecute a case relating to the death of a drug trafficking suspect who died in police custody. 

The Vĩnh Long Preventive Medical Centre has discovered the first ever case of Zika in the province.

The Drug Administration of Việt Nam under the Ministry of Health has requested a halt to purchases and use of three batches of Human Albumin 20% due to concerns over Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

The Việt Nam Social Security agency said it would continue to strengthen ties with other organisations in countries and territories to establish a more modern and efficient social security system.

 Border guards in the northern province of Quảng Ninh reported they have repeatedly detained people for smuggling fish from China.

Highly skilled doctors in Việt Nam using advanced prostheses and techniques have improved the quality and success rate of hip replacement surgery to a level as high as that of other countries.

A man from Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District has been suspended from air travel for nine months after threatening aviation security staff with using a mine.

The worsening erosion at Hội An City’s Cửa Đại Beach took central stage at the 5^th Vietnam-Japan workshop on estuaries, coasts and rivers held on Monday and Tuesday in the historic town. The gathering attracted 150 scientists and managers, including 30 specialists from universities in Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Republic of Korea, local media reported.