The HCM City Department of Health has instructed medicine manufacturers, importers, exporters and retail drugstores to strictly comply with regulations on the trade of drugs.

Việt Nam’s first contingent to participate in a UN peacekeeping mission left HCM City for South Sudan on October 2 on Australia’s largest military transport aircraft.

Young people aged 18 to 28 experienced green tourism with experts from the Gaia Nature Conservation Centre and Bidoup Núi Bà National Park at a five-day eco camp at the park in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.

The Ministry of Transport has asked agencies to mobilise VNĐ25 trillion (US$1.07 billion) in funding to expand Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City’s Tân Bình District. 

The Advanced International JSC (AIC Group) of Việt Nam has won the “World’s Best Smart National Concept and Model” award at the Global Smart Cities Contest 2018.

Illegal sand exploitation along the Hồng (Red) River during the rainy season has caused land erosion, affecting the lives of residents living on the riverbank, reported online newspaper vov.vn.

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 Karaoke clubs and discotheques will be allowed to stay open two hours later under a new proposal introduced by the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism, which would extend closing time from midnight until 2 am.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has suggested lifting a controversial requirement for mobile phone users to register their photos in a stunning policy turnaround just six months after the regulation was put into force.