Typhoon Barijat, the fifth tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year, weakened into a tropical low-pressure system Thursday afternoon but was still predicted to bring heavy rain to northern regions.

The International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) held a new physics class in Quy Nhơn City on Thursday.

The Việt Nam Railway Corporation has said there will be extra 15 pairs of trains running north to south and back before and during Tết, the Lunar New Year holiday (from 23 January to 22 February 2019).

The Ministry of Transport has asked the Prime Minister to invest in a section of the North-South Expressway from Ninh Bình Province to Thanh Hóa under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

The ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2018 will be held in Hà Nội from September 18-19, themed “Creating Smarter and Securer Cities by Digital Solutions”.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to suspend all titanium-mining projects in the central province of Ninh Thuận to avoid a negative environmental impact and save the tourism industry in the province.

In 2016, 0.4 per cent of the Asia-Pacific region’s GDP was lost to natural disasters, with some 11.2 million people displaced. By the year 2030, GDP losses are estimated hit 1 per cent.

Many district preventive health centres and ward and commune health stations in HCM City have run out of Quinvaxem vaccine for infants against five common, potentially fatal diseases.

Farmers in Đồng Tháp Province’s Châu Thành District, the largest longan cultivation area in the province, are using advanced farming techniques to improve the quality of its exports.