Lao authorities confirmed that no Vietnamese citizens were yet reported missing in the disastrous dam break in Attapeu, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

Four earthquakes, measuring from 2.7 to 3.5 on the Richter scale, hit the districts of Bắc Trà My and Nam Trà My in the central province of Quảng Nam on Thursday morning (July 26), but no damage or casualties were reported.

A court in HCM City on Wednesday sentenced three kindergarte teachers a total of six and a half years behind bars for child abuse.

As many as 10,000 Vietnamese caregivers will be welcomed in Japan over the next two years to address a chronic labour shortage in the nursing sector.

Investigators from HCM City Police have concluded that a short circuit in a motorbike parked inside the fatal fire at Carina Plaza four months ago.

Two trainee pilots were killed when their military aircraft went down in the central province of Nghệ An on Thursday afternoon, Viet Nam News Agency reported.

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.