Việt Nam News

As of this month, Yok Đôn National Park will no longer offer elephant riding for tourists visiting the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk.

A Vietnamese woman who duped the authorities in the United Kingdom claiming she was a 16-year-old child has been jailed, after police discovered she was in fact a grown woman.

The People’s Committee of central Thừa Thiên Huế Province has asked Phú Lộc District authorities to hand over the ground for a project expanding the Hải Vân 2 Tunnel before July 15. However, the work may lag behind schedule, the provincial committee has said.

Hải Phòng is projected to become a green city and a major maritime service hub by 2025.

More than 13 tonnes of fish raised in cages along a section of the Đà River in Thanh Thủy District, Phú Thọ Province, died en masse over the past few days, incurring losses of up to VNĐ2.6 billion (US$113,000).

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) will ask the Government to restrict the import of recyclable and used materials to Việt Nam.

The air quality measured at the warehouse of Japanese-invested Yazaki Co, Ltd in northern Quảng Ninh Province, where nearly 100 workers became disoriented and lost consciousness last Friday, has been declared safe, the provincial inspection team has announced.

The number of people registered for tissue and organ donation has remained very small and fails to meet the nation’s demand for organ transplants, said Nguyễn Hoàng Phúc, deputy director of the National Co-ordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation.

The People’s Committee of central Quảng Ngãi Province has urged Quảng Ngãi City authorities to take measures to quickly handle 1,500 tonnes of garbage left in the inner city over the past six days.

All six Vietnamese students taking part in the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad in Romania won medals including one gold, according to the Quality Management Department under the Ministry of Education and Training.

Việt Nam’s illegal online trade of wildlife is occurring on websites that end with “.vn” and “.com” domain names, including social media websites, according to a study released recently by TRAFFIC.

In no surprise to anyone, infrastructure projects across Hà Nội are lagging behind schedule.

Inspectors of the Transport Ministry will verify nearly 100 job appointments and promotions at the State-owned Airport Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) to see if the head of the corporation abused his power.

Seven people were arrested yesterday in the central province of Bình Thuận on charges of disturbing public in front of the headquarters of the provincial People’s Committee the previous evening.

The People’s Court of the central province of Quảng Ngãi on July 12 sentenced a 56-year-old man to 16 years in jail on charges of attempting to overthrow the people’s administration.

With an average monthly income of VNĐ5.5 million (US$261), nearly half of workers in Việt Nam felt that their income is enough to cover basic living expenses, according to a recent wage survey.

Customs officials at Móng Cái Border Gate in the northeastern province of Quảng Ninh have seen their efforts to fight smuggling hamstrung by border residents engaging in the illegal trade.

The HCM City People's Council closed its ninth session on Thursday, approving 21 resolutions after three days of work.