The central city of Đà Nẵng has approved a master plan for the development of its logistics infrastructure by 2030 with total investment of VNĐ13.7 trillion (US$606 million).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc awarded the 108 Military Central Hospital its second Hero of the People’s Armed Forces title on Monday, on the occasion of the 74th founding anniversary of the Việt Nam People’s Army

Hà Nội’s Traffic Police Unit 7 has fined the driver of a four-seater car VNĐ1 million (US$43) for reversing down a ring road.

A Vietnamese woman was arrested for allegedly smuggling more than 22 kilogrammes of endangered elephants’ tusks in Thailand on Sunday, Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper has reported.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La arrested five drug traffickers and seized three kilos of methamphetamine, five bricks of heroin and 790 synthetic drug pills on Sunday.

Ten households raising 100 ha of fishery products in Mỹ Xuân Ward, Phú Mỹ District of southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province are suffering losses as the water source for their breeding areas has been contaminated by a nearby construction project.

Việt Nam’s Coast Guard Command No 1 on Sunday seized nearly 500 tonnes of frozen cattle products from seven Chinese vessels operating off the coast of Quảng Ninh Province.

Director of a bank agency in Đắk Mil District, Central Highlands Province of Đắk Nông was found to have committed suicide on Sunday afternoon, according to the district’s police.

The Institute of Bioinformatics has to replace the entire workforce at the Bioinformatics Bureau since all its employees have quit.