The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An seeks to create close ties between producers and consumers of its major agricultural items, the director of its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.

“I find a lot of things to complain about – dirty halls, discarded gum on the handrails and noisy neighbours who sing karaoke without closing their doors,” a resident said.

Preparations are underway for the launch of ferry services between HCM City’s outlying Cần Giờ District and Vũng Tàu.

Heavy rain has submerged hundreds of houses and thousands of hectares of crops in Buôn Đôn and Ea Súp border districts in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk in recent days. 

Police in the northern mountain province of Lai Châu have busted 151 drug related cases in the first six months of this year.