The World Bank (WB)’s experts have suggested Việt Nam promptly reform its social insurance sector to ensure the stable balance between collection and spending in the mid-to long-term future.

Phan Văn Vĩnh, former Lieutenant General and former Director General of the Police General Department under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS), has been taken into custody on charges of “abusing position and power while performing duties” in activities relating to a major online gambling ring.

As hot weather peaks this month in southern Việt Nam, authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) region are stepping up efforts to cope with forest fires and salinisation as a response to climate change. 

Việt Nam is considering building a new higher speed rail route connecting Hà Nội to the northern border with China to boost two-way trade.

 Residents are putting their safety at risk every day crossing a river using a cable and pulley, even though there are two bridges nearby.

 Only 87 per cent of the 15,507 households that use electricity supplied by the HCM City Power Corporation (EVNHCMC) the safely use power, according to a recent survey by the company.

Guzman Rober, a 40-year-old American tourist on a recent visit to HCM City, began having an unremitting epileptic seizure at a hotel on Đề Thám Street in HCM City’s District 1 when a housekeeper luckily found him in time and called the reception desk for help.

The fisheries sector needs to be restructured to develop sustainably and adapt to climate change and the country’s global integration, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường has said.