The HCM City Department of Health has asked the city People’s Council to order Binh Chanh District to speed up compensation and site clearance procedures so that new medical facilities can be built in the area.

Public spaces are a key measure of urban green growth and sustainable development. With increasing urbanisation, Việt Nam’s cities have paid more and more attention to developing public spaces – but they still face a lot of challenges.

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.