Localities have been urged to develop long-term disaster risk reduction plans to better cope with catastrophes, an official said yesterday (Mar 6) at a workshop held in Hà Nội.

Residents of Thanh Thuỷ Commune in Vị Xuyên District said they are still occasionally startled by an explosion somewhere in the mountains nearby, a cruel reminder of a bloody border clash between Việt Nam and China in 1979.

Localities throughout the country are taking concrete measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

The Việt Nam Women’s Union’s (VWU) action programme on Wednesday was launched across the country under the theme “A safe year for women and children.”

The people’s committee of the central province of Quảng Nam is investigating a forged document circulating on social media that purported to show the provincial chairman’s signature on a form approving hotel, resort and recreational projects in the city of Hội An’s Cẩm Nam Ward.

Some 40 per cent of primary and secondary school students in Hà Nội and HCM City are inactive, a survey by the National Institute of Nutrition revealed.

The National Assembly’s Justice Committee on Wednesday asked ministries to analyse shortcomings in road and railway transport.

Quảng Ninh Province is taking steps to combat the spread of African swine fever, establishing five quarantine checkpoints operating 24/7 at provincial gateways adjacent to neighbouring localities to tighten control of pig and poultry imports.