Nearly 4,000 fishing boats and the 23,000 people working on them off the coast of central and southern parts of the country were instructed to return to shore on Friday morning as Typhoon Samuel bore down.

Twenty seven poor households in Quảng Bình, Quảng Nam and Hậu Giang are expected to receive funds to build flood-resistant houses, bringing the total to 700 families over the past five years thanks to donations from the community.

The northern province of Quảng Ninh’s Drug Criminal Investigation Police Department in co-ordination with Hạ Long City police this week seized 221 tanks of nitric oxide (N2O), a gas often inhaled through a balloon.

The Ministry of Health has called upon scientists and enterprises to announce scientific research on health supplements sold on the market.

Police in the northern border province of Quảng Ninh recently arrested three Chinese nationals who are on the international wanted list for illegal detention of others.

The construction of Yên Sở Coach Station near Hà Nội’s Belt Road 3 is believed to fit with the city’s planning.

Police in Hải Phòng, in co-ordination with the municipal customs department, have started legal proceedings against two men for allegedly making fake import licences and illegally importing scrap.

The focus of space technology is the cosmos, but the technologies that are helping us explore our universe are now also saving lives, preserving our environment and enhancing our nation’s transportation and security, and improving our lives in many ways.

In 2013, a project to address understaffing and overcrowding at central hospitals in Việt Nam was approved, highlighting ‘telemedicine’ as a key measure to solve the problems.