From Thursday, Vietnam Airlines (VNA) resumed flights to and from Europe but the flights would be diverted as Pakistan closes airspace, the national flag carrier announced.

A Vietnamese woman described by police as the ringleader of a people smuggling operation has been jailed for eight year in the United Kingdom.

Vehicles would be banned from using National Highway 1 from Hà Nội to Đồng Đăng Town in northern province of Lạng Sơn From 8am to 5pm on Suturday, the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam and Traffic Police Department announced on Friday.

Nội Bài International Airport, in co-operation with State management agencies and ground service units, will give special priority to the some 3,000 international reporters covering the DPRK-US summit in Hà Nội.

Although the second DPRK - US Summit did not meet expectation, Hà Nội people lived days they would never forget. 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has officially granted permission to a steel company to dump more than 15.3 million cubic metres of material into the sea area off the coast of central Bình Thuận Province.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), relevant agencies and local authorities to urgently implement measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever.

The southeastern province of Tây Ninh has built and upgraded irrigation works with the aim of producing clean agricultural products.

Though HCM City stopped licensing self-modified three- and four-wheeled vehicles 10 years ago, a large number of them remain in use in the city for goods delivery.