A strange skin disease has claimed the life of a student in Ba Tơ District of Quảng Ngãi Central Province, according to the provincial Health Department.

Hà Nội has decided to ban Uber and Grab cars on 13 streets during rush hours in an effort to tackle increasing traffic jams.

Residents of Đắc Đoa and Mang Yang districts in the central highland province of Gia Lai have been evacuated after an explosion at a military bullet warehouse.

Hà Nội is currently witnessing the massive annual influx of migrant manual workers. Seeking jobs that no city people are willing to do, they need to earn extra money to prepare for Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year).

Sixty two poor districts across the country lack a total of almost 600 doctors with specialisations in 15 different areas.

During wet, cold weather, bathing is a rare treat for Trần Quang, a boat resident in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province. Quang, 35, is one of more than 100 boat people living on a floating village in Thủy Phú Commune despite the tough, inconvenient life.

The People’s Committee of HCM City on Tuesday (Jan 9) told District 1 authorities to review all parking lots that use parts of street pavements and close nonstandard lots by the end of this quarter.

Railway authorities said they would need at least VNĐ1.7 trillion (US$74.97 million) in 2017-2020 to address long-standing rail accident hotspots at illegal level crossings.

HCM City authorities have proposed increasing capitalisation for the city’s first two metro lines as the projects continue to face a capital shortage.