The body of Vietnamese pilot Nguyễn Thành Trung, who was killed in a mid-air collision in the United Kingdom, will be returned Viet Nam on December 5-6 for the funeral.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting reported that cold air would start affecting the northern provinces from Thursday afternoon.

Population policy should be linked with other factors such as society, economy, national defence and security to ensure rapid and sustainable development, said experts at a policy dialogue held yesterday in Hà Nội.

More than 1,000 people are expected to join running with visually-impaired people around Hoàn Kiếm Lake on Sunday, December 3.

Local farmers in the Mekong Delta Trà Vinh Province have turned challenges, triggered by climate change, into opportunities to earn money.

Hanwha Life Vietnam in partnership with Child Fund (Korea) and Child Fund Vietnam on November 28 gifted a new medical centre costing US$100,000 to Lãng Ngâm Commune in Bắc Kạn Province’s Ngân Sơn District.

Roads in HCM City’s east are now congested since there has been a surge in the number of vehicles there while work on new roads and bridges is tardy or stalled due to lack of funds.

Damrey, the twelfth typhoon that hit Việt Nam this year, struck Hà Thuận Village more than a month ago, but the roads to it in Duy Vinh Commune are still deep in mud.

A number of agencies and district-level authorities in Hà Nội have proposed a reconsideration of the increase in street and pavement usage fees. They say it is too high in comparison with the current rate.