The households were promised compensation from VNĐ150 million (US$6,400) to nearly VNĐ1 billion ($42,600) so they could change livelihoods.

Illegal gold mining on Bò Tót Mountain in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên has been posing a risk to public security since 2017.

More than 20,000 student volunteers at colleges and universities are taking part in HCM City’s Tiếp sức mùa thi (Assistance during Exam Season) programme to offer help to candidates and their relatives.

The People’s Court in Bình Thạnh District in HCM city on June 17 sentenced Nguyễn Thị Nga to three and a half years in prison for “violating regulations on road safety” which resulted in a car crash that killed one woman and injured six men.

The new general educational programme issued by the Ministry of Education and Training at the end of last year will be applied for the 2020-21 school year. But preparations for the major transition are lagging behind schedule and with teachers unprepared for the new curriculum, it may already be too late to ensure a smooth transition.

Việt Nam ranks 18th in the world in terms of the percentage of internet users and is one of the 10 countries with the highest number of Facebook and YouTube users.

Twenty-five tourists, mostly foreigners, were rescued from a blaze at a hotel in downtown Hà Nội earlier today.

Over 67,000 cases of dengue fever and three deaths were reported in the first five months of this year across the country, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health.

The border guard force in the northern province of Điện Biên, in co-ordination with the security force of Muong May District in the Lao province of Phongsaly, has arrested three Lao drug traffickers, seizing 20kg of opium.