Rescuers have been scrambling to locate two crew members of the Vietnamese oil tanker Aulac Fortune, who are still missing after the ship caught on fire on Tuesday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

The foot-and-mouth epidemic has affected pigs in five districts in Lạng Sơn province since December 23, according to Nguyễn Nam Hùng, director of the provincial Department of Animal Health on Tuesday.

The last three Vietnamese tourists wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Egypt late last year are set to leave hospital and travel back home on Wednesday. The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt said the group is expected to arrive in HCM City early in the morning of Thursday.

As much as 14 tonnes of scrap smuggled from Cambodia to Việt Nam were seized, Major Đinh Quang Điềm, head of Long Bình Border Guard Station in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang told the Vietnam News Agency on Tuesday.

The Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) plans to provide at least 1.5 million gifts to the poor, Agent Orange victims, disadvantaged people and those affected by natural disasters in 2018 ahead the traditional Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.

Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh made a public apology yesterday involving a case which found an official car from his ministry had picked up a relative in a restricted area at Nội Bài International Airport last Friday.

Provinces across the country are taking action to prevent the spread of disease that has affected cattle and poultry breeding facilities and farms in recent weeks.

The Việt Nam Register (VR) has asked its branches nationwide to increase technical safety examinations of vehicles, particularly container trucks, coaches and tractor trailers, as part of measures to improve traffic safety.

A work plan for 2019 to help HCM City review its climate change policies and update action plans was agreed at the final workshop of a Japan International Cooperation Agency technical co-operation project.