Việt Nam News

The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Tuesday sentenced the owner of a karaoke shop to nine years in prison for violating regulations on fire-fighting prevention and control.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên arrested three people trafficking 135 bricks of heroin and 500,000 synthetic drug pills yesterday in Mường Lay Town.

Downsizing efforts will be implemented without exception in all sectors, including education and health, said deputy minister of home affairs Nguyễn Duy Thăng.

Phú Quốc Island has become one of the hottest holiday spots in the country in recent years as the local and central governments have gone ahead with ambitious plans to develop it into an international hub for eco-tourism, resort tourism and amusement and a regional financial centre.

Medical staff working in a mobile vehicle offered free X-rays and skin tests last Sunday to people living in HCM City's Tân Bình District who are at a high risk of contracting TB.

 More than 200 members of emergency medical teams from 10 ASEAN countries and Japan joined a regional collaboration drill under the ASEAN Regional Capacity on Disaster Health Management (ARCH) project in the central city yesterday.

Two men who raped and killed a Vietnamese student in the United Kingdom have been convicted of her murder.

A maths competition began in Hà Nội yesterday and for the first there was a new addition – contestants from overseas.

Deputy Prime Minister cum chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety Trương Hòa Bình ordered the Hà Nội administration on Monday to urgently inspect vehicles labelled as tourist cabs but functioning as coaches to avoid paying tax in the city.

The Ministry of Public Security has set up an interdisciplinary inspection team to supervise foreigners’ compliance with the regulations on their entry, exit, and residence in central Đà Nẵng City.

The visa exemption policy for citizens of five European countries will expire in the next three months. Whether and when it might be renewed are still open questions, creating a headache for tourists and Vietnamese businesses that serve them.

Nguyễn Thị Tình and her husband from Hà Nội’s outlying district of Chương Mỹ have worked hard for years in the agricultural industry, saving their money in hopes of rebuilding their house.

Youth with disabilities often face many difficulties as compared with those without disabilities. But they not only overcame difficulties to integrate into the community, but also self-affirmed their value, contributing to the country's socio-economic development.

Recently, a group of young people used the smartphone they stole from someone near a bus stop in HCM City’s District 10 to take a selfie.

Hoàng Trung, director general of the Plant Protection Department, talks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) on his department’s resolve to eliminate low quality fertiliser from the market

Residents in apartment buildings in the capital city are getting restless after a blaze claimed 13 lives in the upscale apartment building Carina in HCM City last week.

The safe corridor along HCM City-Trung Lương Expressway has been seriously infringed, reported the Vietnam News Agency. The fence along the highway was set up with steel nets and barbed wires to separate the highway from the residential areas to ensure traffic safety.