Việt Nam News

The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Wednesday sentenced Nguyễn Hữu Huệ to six years in prison for illegally trafficking seven frozen tiger cubs. 

The central province of Quảng Trị, in co-operation with PeaceTrees Việt Nam (PTVN), has planted trees on the river banks of Bến Hải in celebration of the 25th anniversary of US-Việt Nam diplomatic relations as part of PeaceTrees Việt Nam’s unexploded ordnance (UXO)-mission in the province.

A solemn funeral for three police officers who were killed in Đồng Tâm Commune during a protest against authorities was held on Thursday in Hà Nội.

The Quảng Nam Province’s Đông Giang District Medical Centre was recognised as a Center of Excellence for Breastfeeding in Việt Nam, providing essential newborn care services to rural and ethnic minority families in the South Central Coast region.

HCM City has emerged as medical tourism destination due to its fast-growing health services and medical technologies, according to local authorities.

It was early in the morning when Nậm Vì Commune was still engulfed in fog, when villagers woke up and gathered to say goodbye to soldiers from Điện Biên Province’s Military Staff Committee.

HCM City authorities have announced that the city will keep the same land prices for the next five-year period (2020-24) as approved by the People’s Council.

Connectivity and infrastructure are key elements to lower trade costs and help Việt Nam develop both global and domestic markets. But to achieve these goals, a new approach is needed for planning and investment strategies.

Việt Nam grappled with nearly 4,000 disasters and incidents in 2019, increasing 57.9 per cent compared to the previous year.

Citizens can now film and record traffic police officers, as long as they are not interfering with police duties, according to a new circular that took effect on Wednesday.

Children as young as 14 years old are allegedly being recruited at a school in Hà Nội and then forced to have sex with paedophiles.

The Cửa Đại Bridge spanning the Trà Khúc River was completed on Tuesday in Quảng Ngãi City, the central province of Quảng Ngãi.

Conglomerate Vingroup officially opened its VinUni University (VinUni) as the first Vietnamese private and not-for-profit university at the Vinhomes Ocean Park urban area in Gia Lâm District, Hà Nội on Wednesday. 

For the next month to mark Tết (Lunar) New Year, motorists can travel for free on the Bắc Giang - Lạng Sơn Expressway.

A large-scale fake medicine producing ring has been smashed.

The public security ministry on Tuesday shed light on the circumstances surrounding the violent confrontation in Đồng Tâm Commune on the outskirts of Hà Nội that left three police officers and one protester dead in the early morning of January 9.

Acting Administrator of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Uttam Dhillon has been working with relevant Vietnamese agencies to fight transnational drug trafficking.

Health insurance funds that cover insured patients ran out last August at many hospitals and health centres in the southern province of Đồng Nai, affecting insured patients’ benefits, according to the provincial Department of Health.