HCM City’s Supreme Court on Thursday appealed against the 18-month probation of a 78-year-old man for molesting children in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

Hà Nội plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis on three routes from early July, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

Some three tonnes of plant protection products smuggled from China were disposed of on Wednesday.

Japan Material Engineering Services company and Đà Nẵng-based Đông Á  College have inked an agreement on human training in electronic and engineering, control and automation for Japanese labour market.

The HCM City health department has asked for support from the city to speed up land clearance in several “hotspots” so that it can begin building a number of hospital projects.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on May 17 congratulated the Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences for its achievements during the past years and expressed her belief in the development of the social sciences.

Residents living alongside a river in Cần Thơ City have put coconut trunk around an area wrecked by landslides during the past month to protect their houses.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched a communication campaign to cut the use of plastic bags on Lý Son Island, as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on the island

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