The Hà Nội People’s Committee and Japan’s AEON Group planted 1,000 new cherry blossom trees in Hoà Bình Park on Saturday, raising the total number to 1,700.

The driver causing an accident that killed three people on Saturday was tested positive to morphine, said the Gia Lai Province Traffic Safety Committee yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday visited the International Media Centre (IMC) in Hà Nội to inspect preparations ahead of this week’s DPRK-USA Summit.

The HCM City chapter of the Vietnam Red Cross Society will seek support from local and international organisations, enterprises and individuals to help 10,000 charity organisations, poor and orphaned people and Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims and people with disabilities this year.

Police in central Thanh Hóa Province’s Triệu Sơn District are investigating the alleged physical abuse of an eight-year-old girl by her father.

Nearly 70 per cent of schools in the country lack yard space for students to exercise, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Former ministers of Information and Communications Nguyễn Bắc Son and Trương Minh Tuấn were prosecuted and put into custody on Saturday with the accusation of violating provisions on the public investment capital management and use and causing serious consequences.

Phùng Đức Tiến, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Việt Nam News reporter Gia Lộc about measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever in Việt Nam, including the southern region.

A high-speed rail route between HCM City and Cần Thơ will help smoothen passenger and cargo transport in the Mekong Delta, transportation experts have said.