Việt Nam News

People are ignoring flood and heavy rain alerts, which has resulted in huge losses to life and property, said Văn Phú Chính, chief officer, Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention.

Authorities from the rural district of Quế Phong in the central province of Nghệ An have asked all commune officials to ensure that locals don’t breed leeches in their jurisdictions.

 A massive fire burned down five cooling towers of a cooking oil factory in northern Thanh Hóa Province.

The vaccination programme for children meets the basic requirements of quality and safety, the Preventive Health Department of the Health Ministry said today.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked ministers, leaders of relevant agencies and chairmen of provincial and municipal people’s committees to speed up replies to comments and petitions they receive from the public.

The poor quality of resettlement houses and weak management capacity of the State offices have affected the lives of many displaced residents.

Desperate to find jobs, an increasing number of residents from the northern mountain province of Cao Bằng are illegally crossing the border to China, often to their own detriment, with worrying implications for small communities in the remote area.

HCM City plans to step up enforcement against smuggling and trade fraud to cope with the increasing number of violations, especially at Cát Lái Port in HCM City. 

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HCM City Youth Union launched its 16th Kỳ Nghỉ Hồng (Pink Holiday) Campaign with an estimated 3,000 participants on Sunday  at Youth Culture House in District 1.

Torrential rains, scattered since earlier this month and killing at least nine people and leaving two others missing, are predicted to hit the northern mountainous localities until this Saturday (July 15).

Many SB cargo ships, a type of ship that runs off the coast and in the rivers, have been allegedly transporting passengers illegally on the Hà Tiên-Phú Quốc Island route.

A raging fire burnt down kiosks at the Sài Gòn-Lạng Sơn Trade Centre in Lạng Sơn Province’s Văn Lãng District on Monday morning.

Police in the central province of Khánh Hòa arrested a Russian woman wanted by Interpol on drug-related charges.

Medical experts are warning against what they see as an anti-vaccine campaign that is being waged on social media.

Thousands of sanitation workers in the southern metropolis of Hồ Chí Minh City are finding their work particularly unrewarding, now more than ever, as they have been working practically without pay since the end of last year due to the dire financial difficulties of their employers.

 A truck delivering some 2.7 tonnes of ivories from Hà Nội was caught on Saturday in Thanh Hóa Province’s Quảng Xương District.

Wrongdoings in budget estimation, settlement, collection and expenditure worth some VNĐ100 billion (US$4.4 million) have been discovered in the central province of Nghệ An during the first half of this year.