Residents in HCM City’s Bình Tân District have been forced to burn piles of uncollected waste left on Bình Long Street after companies dumped the waste in the area at night, according to people living on the streets.

Long queues of people lining up for health checks are a common scene at public hospitals, and many have to wait for a day until they can see a doctor.

Three years after beginning a pilot programme to buy solar power at VNĐ2,000 (8.7 US cents) per kWh generated in homes and offices, HCM City has signed up 290 consumers.

State-owned businesses must undergo an urgent review of their assets before they can be equitised over the next two years.

Hydropower projects in the central province of Nghệ An are causing problems for local people due to poor planning that has damaged the environment and led to the threat of damn breaches during the rainy season.

More than 1,700 households in three remote communes in the mountainous province of Lai Châu are temporarily isolated due to prolong heavy rains, Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday.

More than 5,000 volunteers and members of the Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) as well as local residents joined a fundraising walk for Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims and people with disabilities on Sunday (August 5) at Đầm Sen Cultural Park in HCM City’s District 11.

The General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the Bến Tre People’s Committee organised a scientific seminar on Friday (August 3) on coastal erosion control in Thạnh Phú District.

A smart city control centre that opened on Phú Quốc Island on August 1 will receive residents’ complaints and coordinate emergency functions, among other functions.