Global co-operation and education are the keys to improving the quality of Việt Nam’s human resources in the digital age, Australian and Vietnamese experts agreed at a panel discussion in Hà Nội yesterday.

Inspectors in the capital city have pointed out a series of violations committed by the municipal Department of Culture and Sports in managing large-sized outdoor advertising billboards, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has begun implementing a plan to strengthen control over drug distribution by applying information technology.

An English tutor in Hà Nội was fined for using inappropriate terms to address her student and running tuition classes without a licence.

People in Hà Nội are suffering the twin pains of hot weather along with water shortages in many areas.

Hundreds of households living along Khe Cạn Channel in central Đà Nẵng City have been complaining about the foul odour emitting from the polluted canal.

Hà Nội plans to install cameras at 15 locations at risk of flooding throughout the city, to better supervise the level of rising waters and put in place timely measures to avoid flooding during heavy rainfalls.

As a way of respect, many people in HCM City call the men who volunteer to protect them from neighbourhood thieves "knights of the street", an expression that was first used in Bình Dương Province.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday visited people in central Thừa Thiên-Huế and Quảng Trị provinces two years after the marine life disaster caused by the Taiwanese Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Steel Plant.