A large-scale weapon ring specialising in manufacturing, using and trafficking military weapons in several cities and provinces across the country has been raided and busted, HCM City police force said on Nov 6.

The transition from Việt Nam’s decades-old household residency book system to a new online national database will not take place until 2020, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

A lack of nutrition among pregnant women and those breastfeeding their babies is common in Việt Nam, with deficiencies in zinc, folate, vitamin A and calcium, according to experts.

In the first 10 months, 45 cases of measles – including one death – have been recorded in Hà Nội, against the northern region’s 99 cases and the country’s total figure of 229 cases.

The HCM City Buddhist Sangha elected a new executive board to serve in the 2017-2022 period at a conference yesterday.

Diverging from the common view that a smart city only means leveraging technology to resolve social issues, the southern province of Bình Dương has opted for a different path: building a smart city with focus on people, knowledge and smart co-operation, Dr. Nguyễn Việt Long, director of the Bình Dương Smart City Office, said.

Officials from the naval command of the north central coast carry the body of a fisherman whose boat sank because of Typhoon Damrey near Quy Nhơn Port back to the mainland.

Health authorities have confirmed bacteria as the main cause behind a mass poisoning that affected hundreds of children at two primary schools in the southern province of Hậu Giang after they drank a mixture of chocolate milk late last month.

Quality assurance to uplift higher education will ensure a country has a highly qualified workforce, Assoc Prof Nantana Gajaseni, acting chairwoman of the ASEAN University Network - Quality Assurance (AUN-QA), has said.