Việt Nam News

At midnight on a night in early January, around 50 barges bearing number plates from northern provinces were mining sand outside of Cần Giờ Sea, HCM City.

Coral reefs have been revived on an area of 2,000sq.m in water off the Chàm Island Maritime Protected Area (MPA) after a pilot project that ran from 2015-17.

Việt Nam’s Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region could suffer bad saline intrusion by the end of this month, according to the Southern Irrigation Institute.

Strengthening co-operation between vocational schools and businesses is key to meeting the demand for high quality labour, according to the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training.

More than 120 residents of an old apartment building in HCM City’s District 1 were urgently evacuated on Wednesday night after it was determined that the building could collapse at any time.

Cases of dengue fever have been increased in the central coastal province of Phú Yên, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Authorities in Phú Quốc Island are strengthening oversight and protection of natural resources like sand and stone and cracking down on violators.

Police officers will be mobilised to patrol at general and specialised hospitals at national, city/provincial and town/district levels to ensure security and order.

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City has made plans to serve the increasing number of passengers during the peak season of the year during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, which begins on February 5 this year.

Localities nationwide have stepped up inspections to stop coach and truck drivers from drinking alcohol or using drugs.

Parents have delayed taking their nine-month-old children to healthcare facilities for measles vaccinations because of insufficient counselling from hospitals and doctors at vaccination centres.

Three hotlines to report traffic violations will be open in HCM City during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, according to the Department of Transport.

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Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a project on passenger transport quality supervision and safe traffic.

The Hải Phòng Port Authority announced a restriction on waterway transportation around the Hoàng Văn Thụ Bridge construction site on Cấm River in the northern city of Hải Phòng for the next 70 days.

Hà Nội will continue to co-operate with US television network CNN to promote the city as a new destination for sporting events, including the upcoming Formula 1 Race.

A Vietnamese woman named Phạm Thị Tuyết Mai was arrested in Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France last month, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

Police in the central province of Thanh Hóa reported they had busted two drug rings from Laos, seizing more than 6,000 synthetic drug tablets, a brick of heroin, one kilogramme of crystal meth and several weapons.