A recent audit on road maintenance funds conducted by the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) has revealed loopholes in their collection and expenditure, raising questions over the transparency of the fund’s management.

The Hà Nội criminal police division yesterday requested collaboration from organisations and citizens in the search for Nguyễn Hồng Lâm, chairman of the People’s Committee of Quốc Oai District, who was reported to have been missing from December 26, 2017.

Bắc Mê Hydro-Power Plant in Yên Phong and Phú Nam communes of northern mountainous province of Hà Giang made an unscheduled water discharge, which resulted in major losses for the local people, the authority official has said.

A man who suffered from cardioclasis was saved by doctors at Thống Nhất General Hospital in southern province of Đồng Nai on Monday.

In the last few days, a large amount of fish died en mass along the Phủ River in Tư Nghĩa District, the central province of Quảng Ngãi.

A group of 11 youngsters who used knives and scimitars to stop vehicles and “ask” for money last Friday night on a section of Nội Bài-Lào Cai Expressway passing through Phù Ninh District could be sentenced to a 2-7 year prison term.

A tropical low-pressure system is quickly moving west at 30-35km per hour and heading to the East Sea.

Six inspection teams have been founded to check food safety and hygiene in 12 provinces and cities, said the Ministry of Health.

As talk swirls about the upcoming challenge of caring of the elderly, some of these subjects are taking care of society’s problems, putting younger generations to shame.