A man from Laos was killed and four Vietnamese people injured when a truck carrying illegal firecrackers exploded on the Laos-Vietnam border.

Domestic and international TESOL practitioners exchanged information about English language teaching skills in the new technology era at a two-day international symposium that wrapped up on Friday in HCM City.

The trials of the new eco-friendly, rat-specific toxin DR8 on the most destructive types of endemic rats in Việt Nam were successful, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Protection Department.

The tenth session ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) will be held on December 8 to 9 by the Việt Nam General Statistics Office (GSO) and ASEAN Secretariat.

Nông nghiệp Việt Nam (Việt Nam Agriculture) newspaper on Friday launched its first media ecosystem with new media products to mark its 75th anniversary.

A ceremony was held on Thursday to hand over quality helmets to students and teachers at special needs Bình Minh Primary School in Hà Nội, along with helmet-wearing tutorials and road safety training, as part of Helmet for Kids programme by the AIP Foundation to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Rescue flights to bring home Vietnamese nationals in dire circumstances would still be allowed, while voluntary commercial flights are on hold after the recent community outbreak in HCM City as a result of a quarantine breach after three months virus-free.

HCM City aims to improve traffic order and safety and reduce the number of traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries by 5 per cent by 2025, the chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Phong, has said.

A social assistance and rehabilitation programme for autistic children and people with mental disorders in 2021 – 2030 has been approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.