The central city’s Home Affairs department has dismissed reports circulating on social networks about the establishment of a new district named Hiếu Đức (separate from Hòa Vang district) on Wednesday.

The bear sanctuary operated by wildlife welfare organisation Four Paws Việt opened to the public on Thursday in the northern province of Ninh Bình, marking a new milestone for efforts to protect bears from bile farming in Việt Nam.

In the last few years, foreign fruit exporters have entered Việt Nam to take advantage of the rising popularity of imported fruit in the country.

The Tuy Phong District People’s Court in the central province of Bình Thuận handed out jail sentences ranging from two to three and a half years to 15 defendants involved in disturbances of social order at Hòa Minh Commune and Sông Lũy Bridge on June 10 at a trial on Thursday.

The Ministry of Construction in co-operation with the National Assembly Legal Committee will set up and lead a team to conduct inspections on the management, operation and use of apartment buildings in HCM City by the end of this month.

The lack of a clear legal framework managing the operation of apartment buildings has been blamed for disputes among home buyers, investors and building management boards, a Ministry of Construction official said at a conference yesterday.

Whirlwinds and hail caused extensive damage to property and crops in many districts of the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang on Thursday morning, online newspaper baotintuc.vn reported yesterday.

A typical busy working day of female lecturers at the Department of Environmental Technology under Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Việt Nam National University of Science, starts at 7am and ends at 7pm, even later at 9.