Việt Nam News

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.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has launched criminal proceedings against two officials at Chi Ma Border Gate in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn in connection with a case of smuggling of over 100 tonnes of herbal medicine.

The Hà Nội People’s Procuracy on Tuesday proposed jail sentences ranging from 12 to 24 months for three defendants following the death of a first grader.

The Vietnam Public Health Emergency Operation Centre said it was developing response plans and preparing for worst-case scenarios following an outbreak of pneumonia in China.

HCM City Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân praised Overseas Vietnamese (OV) for their effective contributions in various fields to the city’s development at a meeting held on January 13.

Ex-banker Hà Văn Thắm was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for causing losses at Oceanbank of more than VNĐ91 billion (US$3.8 million) by a Hà Nội court on Tuesday.

Police in Lạng Sơn Province are on the hunt for a man who allegedly killed two people, including a 12-year-old child, and injured five other members of a family in Phú Xá Commune, Cao Lộc District on Monday night.

Police in Lạng Sơn Province are on the hunt for a man who allegedly killed two people, including a 12-year-old child, and injured five other members of a family in Phú Xá Commune, Cao Lộc District on Monday night.

Tết is the most wonderful time of year for Vietnamese people, but what about Vietnamese expats? Last Sunday, foreign diplomats had a taste of Tet at an event organised by UNESCO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.