Resorts and hotels on the Côn Đảo Islands off the southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu are hiring hundreds of employees for various positions earlier than usual this year because of the increasing number of tourists.

Hồ Chí Minh City’s Nhân Dân (People) 115 Hospital has successfully carried out the first robotically assisted brain tumour surgery in Việt Nam.

Old coffee trees on a total of 15,000ha will be replaced or grafted this year to improve yields, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s plant cultivation department. 

The fight against trafficking, trade fraud and fake goods last year achieved significant results, said Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình yesterday.

Bắc Sơn border guard station under the Quảng Ninh Province Border Guard said on Monday it had arrested 12 people (including seven Vietnamese citizens and five Chinese people) who were crossing the Vietnam-China border illegally.

Police in Đắk Lắk Province seized 18,000 litres of petrol of unclear origin at a gas station in Cư M’gar District on Monday.

Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) technology would be used to dig an underground section of the Nhổn-Hà Nội Railway Station metro line project, according to Hà Nội's Urban Railway Management Board.

Hail and whirlwinds in the northern mountainous region killed one person and injured three others over the weekend, the National Committee of Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue reported on Monday evening. Damage to private property, crops, livestock and public buildings was estimated to cost VNĐ26 billion (US$1.1 million) in total. 

Cloudy murky tap water reported by residents living in Cẩm Lệ and Thanh Khê districts of central Đà Nẵng City in the recent days might be caused by dust from downgrading water pipes. These pipes are made from steel or cast iron and have been used for a long time, said Hồ Minh Nam, deputy director of Đà Nẵng Clean Water Supply (DAWACO).