Việt Nam News

A group of 11 youngsters who used knives and scimitars to stop vehicles and “ask” for money last Friday night on a section of Nội Bài-Lào Cai Expressway passing through Phù Ninh District could be sentenced to a 2-7 year prison term.

A tropical low-pressure system is quickly moving west at 30-35km per hour and heading to the East Sea.

Six inspection teams have been founded to check food safety and hygiene in 12 provinces and cities, said the Ministry of Health.

As talk swirls about the upcoming challenge of caring of the elderly, some of these subjects are taking care of society’s problems, putting younger generations to shame.

Cà Thị Xoa, from Chiềng La Village in the mountain province of Sơn La, decided to go to Hà Nội to search for a job after her husband went away without saying a word.

The Đồng Tháp Mười (Plain of Reeds) area in the Mekong Delta, known for its agricultural prowess, is in need of major agricultural reform to reach its true potential, experts have said.

Two new bridges, Đăng and Hàn, across the Thái Bình River, were officially opened for traffic on January 1.

HCM City honoured ten outstanding young citizens of 2017, who excel in their fields and exemplify the best attributes of the city’s young people, in a ceremony on January 1.

A blaze destroyed four houses at 12:30pm on January 1 in Lâm Đồng Province’s Lạc Dương Town.

Traffic accidents killed 67 people and injured 74 others during the three days of New Year holidays, data from the Ministry of Public Security showed on January 1.

All Vietnamese citizens can now participate in spreading knowledge conveniently and effectively thanks to the “Digital Vietnamese knowledge system” project – an ambitious Wikipedia-like portal tailored for Vietnamese, which was launched in Hà Nội on January 1.

HCM City will expand the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology this year for surveillance of infectious diseases, such as hand-foot-mouth, throughout the city after successfully piloting it for dengue fever, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre department’s deputy director Nguyễn Hữu Hưng told Việt Nam News.

The usage of online public services at the district level in HCM City has gained significant progress, according to the HCM City’s Information and Communications Department.

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Pepper plants in the central Quảng Trị Province were destroyed following continuous rain and a simultaneous cold spell.

Vietnam News Agency photographers captured the festive atmosphere around Viet Nam to celebrate the New Year.

HCM City has targeted testing at least 17,045 additional people with tuberculosis (TB), including 7,840 new patients with pulmonary TB, next year, according to the city’s TB Prevention and Control Programme.

Hà Nội’s Transport Department has piloted taxi pick-up and drop-off stands on two streets for two months, but passengers and drivers remain unaware of them, Lao Động (Labour) newspaper reported.