The HCM City Party Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has expressed dissatisfaction with the efforts to combat corruption and squander last year.

After waking up at 5am, Nguyễn Thị Oanh, a farmer in Hà Nội’s Ba Vì District, headed to the field to cut cabbages and carried them to the local market for sale. Some 40 cabbages freshly cut on the farm filled her two baskets. But Oanh’s mood was gloomy.

On Lunar New Year’s Eve in 2018, a group of six walked from Đông Hà City’s Cultural Centre to Lê Duẩn Park, presenting books to every child they met on the road. The 300 books distributed in just one night, the walkers hoped, would motivate children to cultivate a life-long habit of reading.

Some residents in northern Hải Phòng City have been living in fear of the fuel stations located near their houses, causing health problems and posing deadly risks.

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have reached an agreement on the implementation of a cross-border transport facilitation agreement (CBTA).

As part of efforts to improve the investment and business environment, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered ministries, sector and localities to grant construction permits and perform related procedures faster.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) said on Thursday that no woman and newborn died in HCM City due to birth complications at home.

Five to six typhoons are expected to hit Việt Nam’s mainland this year, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has said.

Police in central Bình Phước province on Thursday arrested a homeless man for his alleged involvement in the death of a four-year-old girl in Tiến Hưng Commune, Đồng Xoài Town.