Hà Nội will not charge a fee for motorbikes travelling into inner-city areas, said Vũ Văn Viện, director of the city’s Department of Transportation.

Technical factors and the quality of the new Bạch Đằng Bridge in northern Quảng Ninh Province meet design and safety standards, said representatives from relevant agencies.

Hà Nội People’s Court on Thursday sentenced three people to death and one to life imprisonment on charges of drug trafficking.

The northern province of Thái Nguyên’s Department of Health has launched a system of combined medical records for mothers and children.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Thai Ministry of Labour have reached an agreement on sending guest workers to Thailand to work in the construction and fishing sectors.

The public should be central in the process of policy communication to ensure the effectiveness of communication and the implementation of policies, heard an international scientific conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Government of Việt Nam spends about VNĐ65 trillion (US$2.79 billion) dealing with the consequences of alcohol each year, while alcoholic beverage firms contribute roughly VNĐ50 trillion ($2.14 billion) to the country’s economy, a health official revealed.

Large-scale vision screening programmes for children are needed for early detection and treatment of visual impairment due to refractive error, experts said at the Việt Nam Ophthalmological Society Congress that opened in HCM City yesterday.

Discussions and forums on the South China Sea (called East Sea by Việt Nam) have become sources of interdisciplinary study among scholars and researchers from the fields of politics, social policy, environment and strategy over the past decade.