Black stone mystery in Phú Yên Province

For the last two months, people have been flocking to the Sông Hinh Hydropower plant’s reservoir in central province of Phú Yên to find black stones which can be sold for VNĐ 4 million per kilo.

Car seatbelt uses must be seriously enforced

Government Decree 46/2016 made wearing seatbelts mandatory for passengers in the backseats of cars from August 2016. Violators can be fined VNĐ100,000-200,000 (US$4-8). The old regulation only required the driver and the front-seat passenger to wear seatbelts

VFA warns of buying health food online

The Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) under the Ministry of Health has issued an alert after finding that a number of websites promoting dietary supplements and health products violated regulations on advertising.

Man gets flight ban for bomb hoax

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said on Thursday that a 24-year-old man has been given a 12-month flight ban after telling security officers at Đà Nẵng Airport that there was a bomb in his checked luggage.

Coffee farmers fall short of tree replacement target

Đắk Lắk Province, the country largest coffee producer, planned to replace 4,259 ha of old coffee trees with new ones in the rainy season,  but farmers have reached only 50 per cent of the target, mostly due to lower prices for coffee beans, according to Việt Nam News Agency.

Deer farming lucrative in south

Breeding deer to harvest their antler velvet, the soft skin that grows on top, is enabling farmers in Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province’s Xuyên Mộc District earn a steady income.

HCM City traffic app now available on Zalo

HCM City locals can now easily update the latest traffic information via the mobile application Zalo, according to the director of the HCM City Department of Transport.

Road project lasts a decade due to land clearance stagnancy

A project to build a road linking National Highway 3 and industrial zones in Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District was approved in 2009, but land clearance work is still incomplete, reported Kinh Tế & Đô Thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) Newspaper.

Two key runways under serious strain

Cracks and other signs of degradation have been found on two runways in HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport and Hà Nội’s Nội Bài International Airport.

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