Việt Nam has made constructive contributions to the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) which took place in Geneva, Switzerland from February 25 to March 22.

Vietnamese police have worked with Philippines counterpart to intercept the shipment of 276kg of shabu shipped to Manila International Container Port, according to Drug Crime Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

 Five Vietnamese workers have died after a bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck and plunged into a canal.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved to advance VNĐ2.1 trillion (US$93 million ) from the city budget for Metro line No.1 project between Bến Thành Market and Suối Tiên Tourist Park.

Giant river prawn farmers with more than one pond in the Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh increased their incomes by staggering the release of prawn fry into their ponds through the last breeding season to ensure there was no oversupply and prices remained high.

In the heart of buzzing HCM City is a small group of young people teaching English to hearing-impaired students. They are part of the Hear.Us.Now (HUN) community project that offers education access to English language, computer science and life skills training.

Việt Nam has improved its water supply infrastructure and made it easier to access clean water in both urban and rural areas over recent decades, said Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà.

Farmers in Tiền Giang Province’s Tân Phú Đông District have turned nearly 500ha of low-yielding rice paddies into lemongrass and soursop farms because of saltwater intrusion and drought.

As many as 399 districts across Việt Nam have been identified as high risk areas for the outbreak of bird flu while another 314 districts are at low risk, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).