Lao authorities confirmed that no Vietnamese citizens were yet reported missing in the disastrous dam break in Attapeu, said the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

Four earthquakes, measuring from 2.7 to 3.5 on the Richter scale, hit the districts of Bắc Trà My and Nam Trà My in the central province of Quảng Nam on Thursday morning (July 26), but no damage or casualties were reported.

A court in HCM City on Wednesday sentenced three kindergarte teachers a total of six and a half years behind bars for child abuse.

As many as 10,000 Vietnamese caregivers will be welcomed in Japan over the next two years to address a chronic labour shortage in the nursing sector.

Investigators from HCM City Police have concluded that a short circuit in a motorbike parked inside the fatal fire at Carina Plaza four months ago.

Two trainee pilots were killed when their military aircraft went down in the central province of Nghệ An on Thursday afternoon, Viet Nam News Agency reported.

The HCM City People’s Committee has issued regulations to ban trucks during rush hours in urban areas of the city in an effort to ease traffic congestion.

Customs Department in the southern province of Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu found 100 cakes of heroin (about 35kg), hidden in a container of imported scrap.

Relevant ministries and sectors should channel their focus on drawing up measures in response to natural disasters, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường at a meeting held in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Đồng Nai Province People’s Committee has approved a sum of VNĐ305 billion (US$13.3 million) for providing vocational training and jobs and resettling people displaced by the construction of Long Thành International Airport.

Dragon fruit farmers in Bình Thuận Province, the country’s largest producer of the fruit, are enjoying high prices and steady demand in this the main harvest season.

Hà Nội has reportedly undergone considerable changes in its economic growth, appearance and infrastructure a decade on from administrative boundary expansions.

The Department of Construction of HCM City has urged several district-level People’s Committee and related units to complete the relocation of households living along canals.

Adjusting drug tender during the past three or four years has achieved good results and reduced drugs prices.

More and more illegal parking spots for cars and motorbikes are springing up in central Hà Nội, causing headaches for urban managers.

Textbooks for the 2018-2019 school year are selling at the same prices as last year, according to The Việt Nam Education Publishing House Limited Company.

Eco-shrimp farming, which has been spreading in Mekong Delta provinces in recent years, is touted as a model for sustainable aquaculture development thanks to its strengths in environmental protection, low costs, and high profit.

Residents in the northern mountain province of Yên Bái are rushing to dig themselves out of mud and debris after serious floods in recent days.