A total of 1,547 child abuse cases were reported nationwide last year, with majority child sexual abuse, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Security.

City authorities are planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to further their scheme to develop a smart city, Nguyễn Thành Phong, the chairman of HCM City People’s Committee, said yesterday (Mar 20) at a seminar on AI research and application.

Rapid urbanisation and a rising population were two of the difficulties facing the water sector, experts said at a conference held in the capital on Tuesday.

 Many families in Hồng Lĩnh Commune in Hà Tĩnh Province still keep water pipes running from mountain creeks. Others in the province’s Thuận Lộc Commune prefer to use their wells, just in case tap water dries up.

Hà Nội People’s Court determined that director Việt Tú has author’s rights while Tuần Châu Hà Nội JSC retains property rights over the stage show Quintessence of Tonkin at a trial yesterday.

Youth union organisations should focus on building a generation of young people with sufficient capabilities, qualifications, skills and spirit to meet the requirements of nation building and defence amid international integration, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said.

Though the internet has transformed Vietnamese society for the better, the ‘digital divide’, between different groups still needs addressed, according to experts.

Police in northern Bắc Ninh Province’s Thuận Thành District have detained Nguyễn Bá Mạnh for disseminating false information regarding the widespread tapeworm infections on Facebook.

Mỹ Lộc Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll station in the northern province of Nam Định has re-opened to traffic from 6am on Wednesday after being closed for seven months.