Bus ticket prices increase during Tết

Sixteen transport companies have announced increases to bus ticket prices of between 10 and 60 per cent, depending on the route, during the upcoming Tết holiday.

Parks of embankment broken in Hà Tĩnh

The embankment built to prevent landslides, which belongs to the Ngàn Trươi-Cẩm Trang Irrigation Project in the central province of Hà Tĩnh, is seriously damaged.

Lucky money sellers may not be so lucky

Online services for exchanging old notes for new ones mushroom in the days prior to the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays, although the activity is illegal and charges fees ranging from eight to 120 per cent in some cases.

Việt Nam journalism urged to adapt

Following the rapid development of information technology and the proliferation of various news sources, demand for updated information is rising, provoking fierce competition among media agencies, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said at a national conference in Hà Nội on Wednesday to review media performance in 2016 and set tasks for 2017.

Old documents said to back VN isle claims

Trần Đức Anh Sơn, deputy director of the Institute for Socio-Economic Development (ISED) in Đà Nẵng, yesterday donated to Hoàng Sa District several documents and old maps that clearly establish Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracels) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

HN seeks ideas to develop Red River banks

Hà Nội authorities have asked three construction giants to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Hồng (Red) River that flows past the capital city.

Two Laotians caught smuggling 41,000 pills

Two Laotians were arrested on Wednesday for smuggling some 41,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Việt Nam, according to the border force of the central province of Quảng Bình.

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