Việt Nam News

A whirlwind occurred on Tuesday afternoon in central Hà Tĩnh Province, injuring two people and blowing away the roofs of 71 houses.

The central road maintenance fund’s reserves should be used effectively, with priority given to dealing with the aftermath of storms, Transport Minister Trương Quang Nghĩa said on Tuesday.

Four more toll stations in the southern region will be equipped with electronic toll collection (ETC) systems in the next two months. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked relevant ministries, agencies and localities to enhance the management and restoration of road and railway safety corridors as part of measures to help reduce traffic accidents.

With the rapid increase of the number of Dengue fever patients nationwide recently, Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến yesterday requested hospitals be selective of inpatients and not to let them share beds.

Trịnh Quốc C., 6, was playing with his friends at a kindergarten in Hải Phòng City seven years ago when he cried out in pain. He had been struck with a sudden, severe stomach ache.

All land belonging to the Miếu Môn airfield, the focus of a controversy in Hà Nội a few months ago, is defence land, the Hà Nội inspectorate has concluded.

Việt Nam strongly protests the inhuman treatment as well as the use of force or threat to use force against Vietnamese fishermen, the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department said yesterday.

Residents in the outlying district of Thủ Đức in HCM City will be able to access full medical care in the near future as two doctors and a sufficient supply of medicine will be provided to 10 ward-level healthcare stations under a new pilot programme called Health Station-One Stop.

Water levels have been rising quickly in areas adjacent to Cambodia in Đồng Tháp Province in the last several days, according to local authorities.

Four houses were partly damaged and a person slightly injured following a series of blasts emitted when a plane flew across in southern Ninh Thuận Province’s Phan Rang City yesterday morning.

Central provinces from Nghệ An to Thừa Thiên- Huế have banned all sea-based activities to ensure safety as storm Sonca approaches the region, with its eye headed towards Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has called for clarification after waste dumping violations reportedly occured at a coal-powered power plant into the sea off the coast of Bình Thuận Province, an area rich in natural resources that could be badly damaged by the waste.

The Public Security Ministry’s Police Investigation Agency on Monday announced they have completed their investigation into the fraud and irresponsible actions related to lending at Agribank’s Central Sài Gòn branch.

Police in northern Hải Phòng City on Monday announced they had busted a ring transporting drugs from the Việt Nam-Laos border to the city and surrounding provinces.

The capital city will issue regulations for the walking area around Hoàn Kiếm Lake in August, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung said on Monday.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) yesterday held a ceremony to pay tribute to revolutionary contributors who had sacrificed their lives for the national liberation.

The water level in many parts of the Hồng (Red) River has been rising rapidly since the beginning of the stormy season this month, threatening the lives of island dwellers and those living along the river banks in Hà Nội, and submerging their crops.