A campaign to end physical violence against children at home and at school was launched on Wednesday morning.

Transport Minister, Nguyễn Văn Thể, shut down the project on expanding part of National Highway No 30, running through the southern provinces of Đồng Tháp and Tiền Giang.

The capital city’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake will be dredged and cleaned by the end of the year, according to the Hà Nội Sewerage and Drainage Company Ltd.

Two men died after a 7-metre-high scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Tân Phong Ward, in the southern city of Biên Hòa on Tuesday afternoon.

People in 14 provinces across Việt Nam will get access to more financial products and services in the next three years.

An essential services package for women and girls subjected to violence was launched on Wednesday by the United Nations in Việt Nam and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has urged the Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) and its members to continuously expand the organisation's humanitarian role and value in the domestic and international communities.

The cold spell in the northern region strengthened and brought down the temperature to below 8 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas on Wednesday.

Four people died and others were left seriously injured after their car crashed into a truck on Tuesday afternoon.