The HCM City People’s Committee has issued regulations to ban trucks during rush hours in urban areas of the city in an effort to ease traffic congestion.

Customs Department in the southern province of Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu found 100 cakes of heroin (about 35kg), hidden in a container of imported scrap.

Relevant ministries and sectors should channel their focus on drawing up measures in response to natural disasters, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường at a meeting held in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Đồng Nai Province People’s Committee has approved a sum of VNĐ305 billion (US$13.3 million) for providing vocational training and jobs and resettling people displaced by the construction of Long Thành International Airport.

Textbooks for the 2018-2019 school year are selling at the same prices as last year, according to The Việt Nam Education Publishing House Limited Company.

The Department of Construction of HCM City has urged several district-level People’s Committee and related units to complete the relocation of households living along canals.

Dragon fruit farmers in Bình Thuận Province, the country’s largest producer of the fruit, are enjoying high prices and steady demand in this the main harvest season.

Adjusting drug tender during the past three or four years has achieved good results and reduced drugs prices.

More and more illegal parking spots for cars and motorbikes are springing up in central Hà Nội, causing headaches for urban managers.