Toll stations on roads built under Build-Operation-Transfer (BOT) contracts could be closed if investors behind the projects delayed repairs, Transport Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể said on Monday after receiving complaints about poor-quality BOT roads in the central province of Bình Định.

Cooperation between private and public health facilities has been ineffective in controlling and detecting tuberculosis cases in HCM City, according to the city’s programme on TB prevention.

The chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Council urged the city’s People’s Committee to seek better solutions to tackle flooding, pollution and traffic congestion at a meeting held on Monday in the city.

The Hà Nội People’s Court opened the first hearing in an illegal gold trading case against International Gold Trading Joint Stock Company (IG JSC) on Monday.

Many creative students have useful initiatives giving helping hands to the community nowadays.

Aloe vera farming has helped farmers in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận adapt to climate change and earn steady incomes since there is high demand for the plant to make food, cosmetics and herbal remedies.

Huệ Anh, a mother of 16-year-old daughter still have been haunted by the death of seven  youngsters at a music festival held in Hà Nội’s West Lake Water Park last month.

The People’s Committee of Biên Hòa City in the southern province of Đồng Nai will install cameras to monitor illegal sand exploitation on the Đồng Nai River.

Transport authorities have prevented 31,000 trucks overloaded with goods or passengers from entering highways since early this year, the Việt Nam Expressway Service Joint Stock Company has said.