The number of cases of measles and hand-foot-and mouth disease has decreased in Hà Nội, but the capital reported two more dengue fever and whooping cough cases over the past week, according to a report from the Department of Health.

Tolls would start being collected at the recently completed Cù Mông Tunnel from April 1, according to Đèo Cả Investment Stock Company, the project’s investor.

The ultraviolet (UV) radiation index in HCM City will remain at the high-risk level of 8-12 until the end of this week, according to Weather Online, a UK-based meteorological service firm.

Coffee trees in Việt Nam are ageing and innovative technical solutions are needed to help farmers successfully replant them, a seminar, "Making use of plant protection products through drip irrigation system", heard in Đắc Lắc Province on Wednesday.

An inspection team on Thursday led by Phạm Khánh Phong Lan, the head of HCM City’s Food Safety Management Board, visited a safe-food market pilot model at Phú Lâm Market in District 6.

At Noir, guests dine in the dark, while at Blanc, they use sing language printed on their menus to place their orders with servers.

HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No1’s neurology and infectious diseases department has admitted children with HIV whose mothers did not have HIV tests during their pregnancy.

Touching down in Melbourne, Australia to begin a term of overseas study, Trần Thanh Vân was nervous. Her fears evaporated when she was welcomed by a Vietnamese student from an airport pickup service that she had booked in Việt Nam.

Land use and management at three large State-owned corporations and groups will be inspected this year, Lê Vũ Tuấn Anh, chief inspector of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said in a meeting in Hà Nội today.