Carrying more passengers and cargo than permitted and lack of fire safety equipment including extinguishers were the most common violations committed by inter-provincial public transport buses, the HCM City Department of Transport reported following inspections.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked a number of local administrative agencies to crack down on illegal prostitution and gaming activities at service businesses like bars and massage parlours.

Local residents are finding it difficult to acquire agricultural land for startups or to expand business operations in HCM City.

Since November, 2017, visitors to the central coastal city of Đà Nẵng have been able to easily access to all tourism-related information via a smartphone-based app called Danang Fantasticity, which incorporates a smart chatbot.

Bình Dương Police on Sunday said that they have detained two men for allegedly inciting people to protest.

A patient diagnosed with swine flu (A/H1N1) has died while another is in critical condition in Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City, health officials said on June 8.

An appeal court on Friday ruled in favour of Đinh Mạnh Thắng, the younger brother of former Politburo member Đinh La Thăng, reducing his sentence for corruption to seven years in prison.

The number of agricultural households has decreased gradually in HCM City, according to a recent report on results of the Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census conducted by the General Statistics Office.

Some farmers in the south central province of Ninh Thuận have gone green.