Nguyễn Ngọc Minh, head of the People's Committee of Tuy Đức district in Đắk Nông Province said that an explosion at a local quarry led to four casualities.

More than 35ha of ready-to-harvest sugarcane was burnt in Ea Sup District, the Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) province of Đắk Lắk, causing severe damage.

Two drug traffickers were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for transporting 4,000 tablets of ecstasy from the northern mountainous province of Sơn La to Hà Nội, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Traffic accidents killed 780 people and injured 1,348 others from December 16, 2017, to January 15, 2018, the National Committee for Traffic Safety reported.

The north might experience a cold snap during the Tết holiday, while the south region would have good weather with light rainfall, the National Hydro-meteorological Centre said.

Many residents know harm of traditional earthenware stove with coal, but due to its cheap price, a number of families still use it for their cooking and warming, especially in winter leaving consequences for their health, said experts.

The People’s Procuracy of Hà Nội yesterday proposed a life sentence for Trịnh Xuân Thanh, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), on the charge of “asset embezzlement” at PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land).

The lessons learned from the Paris Peace Accords can still be applied today, according to former Vice President Nguyễn Thị Bình.

The HCM City Department of Transport has begun to dismantle the tollbooths in the Thủ Thiêm Tunnel under the Sài Gòn River, which have remained unused for six years, to ease the flow of traffic.