The number of passengers using open-top tour buses in the capital was averaging about only 7 per trip each day, according to a report by the Hà Nội Transport Company (Transerco).

The Ministry of Transport on Friday asked the Hòa Bình Province People’s Committee to immediately build a road leading to the bridge across the Rộc Stream to help local residents travel across the stream safely, especially during flood season.

Hà Nội’s population had spiralled out of control with the capital’s total number of residents already exceeding the target set for 2030, according to a report by the National Assembly.

Hoang Thèn Commune is amongst the poorest communes of Phong Thổ District in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu. The majority of the population is ethnic minority people with low education level and little familiarity with modern medicine. The local health officials would frequently need to visit the villages in the commune to disseminate information on the Government's expanded vaccination programme, maternal healthcare and infectious diseases. — VNA/VNS Photo Công Tuyền

A company in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province has been suspended for two month for illegal use of foreign workers.

More than 70 per cent of Hanoians agree that the public loudspeakers used to communicate Government messages should be scrapped, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by the Hà Nội People’s Committee.

The annual flooding in the Mekong Delta has damaged more than 2,000ha of rice this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Water Resources.

For the last 28 years, people from Hòa Khánh Nam Ward in the central city of Đà Nẵng have longed for the closure of Khánh Sơn landfill due to the severe pollution caused by the site.

On May 31, a deadly accident in Hà Nội’s Bắc Từ Liêm occured as a truck driver was talking on his phone while driving and ran into a motorbike, killing a pregnant woman and her four-year-old child on the spot.