Police and border guards in the northern province of Điện Biên have caught two people illegally trading and transporting drugs in the border area.
A cold spell is expected to hit the northern region at the start of the new year, bringing rain and lowering temperatures.
A man killed his wife before committing suicide last night in Quảng Ninh Province’s Móng Cái City.
Four out of six projects to build modern industrial slaughterhouses in HCM City have been delayed due to sluggish administrative procedures and lack of approval for building permits.
A campaign has been launched by Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình over the weekend to reduce road traffic accidents in 2020.
Lemongrass farmers in Tiền Giang Province’s Tân Phú Đông District, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s largest producer of the herb, are earning growing incomes now since prices are increasing.
The month before Tết (Lunar New Year), which will falls on January 25, are the busiest for residents of Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta craft villages since demand for traditional specialties spike.
The rapid growth of the swift-breeding industry across the country could lead to negative effects if there is no long-term development plan, according to Hạ Thúy Hạnh, deputy director of the National Agriculture Extension.
There will be more than 320,000 job vacancies in HCM City through next year, including for 135,000 new positions, according to the city Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.
Over 110,700 tonnes of rice worth more than VNĐ1 trillion (US$43.3 million) from the national reserve have been allocated to localities to support people after natural disasters, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival and in forest plantation projects, and students living in especially disadvantaged areas, since the beginning of this year.
Construction on Passenger Terminal T2 started on Sunday at Phú Bài International Airport in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế.
The percentage of fully vaccinated children covered under the expanded national vaccination programme in HCM City has reached 95.2 per cent so far this year, according to the Centre for Disease Control in HCM City.
The intellectuals, scientists and inventors, 23 of whom hold PhDs or other doctoral degrees, were selected among candidates submitted by councils of 47 cities and provinces nationwide from April to November.
Five men died and two others were injured on Saturday evening in an accident.
Their public trial began on Thursday morning at a stadium in Điện Biên City and concluded on Sunday morning.
The Government has prepared a backup plan to fund the North-South Expressway (NSE) amid fears that private investors might not be financially capable of carrying out the mega project, the transport minister has said.
Farmers in Sóc Trăng Province’s Vĩnh Châu Town, the largest red onion producer in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, expect to have a good harvest of the crop during Tết since the weather is favourable.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau aims to produce a total of 600,000 tonnes of aquatic species from aquaculture and fishing next year, according to the province’s People’s Committee.
