Three high-rise buildings near Lương Yên Bus Station in Hà Nội were not affected by recent tremors after a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that struck China on Saturday morning, according to local authorities.

More than 100 firemen and 10 fire-trucks were deployed to stamp out a fire at a club in downtown Đà Nẵng on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has agreed to a change of plan on the Nghĩa Lộ Road connecting the Nội Bài-Lào Cai Expressway, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Households who were badly affected by waste fertiliser pond breakage in Bảo Thắng District of the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai were handed over financial assistance, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Typhoon Barijat, with wind speeds of up to 75km per hour, was heading for the East Sea on Tuesday morning.

The northern mountainous province of Điện Biên has been trying to relocate residents from landslide and flood zones, but is facing a shortage of capital and available land.

Wild vegetables, herbs and leaves from trees planted on the banks of the Sài Gòn and Vàm Cỏ rivers in Tây Ninh Province’s Trảng Bàng District are known by their taste, smell and use in bánh tráng phơi sương (dew-soaked rice paper), boiled meat dishes, and fish sauce.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved aid from Dutch NGO Oxfam Novib Foundation for an ongoing project to safeguard and strengthen the rights of private garbage collectors, Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper has reported.

The waste pond breakage that discharged over 45,000cu.m of mud and untreated chemical-filled wastewater in Bảo Thắng District of northern mountainous Lào Cai Province last week will severely affect eco-system of surrounding areas. The recovery period will take time and be challenging, said Dr Trần Thế Loãn, former deputy head of Environmental Management Department of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.