Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Transport has provided an explanation on the controversial toll collection policy on National Highway 5.

The Transport Ministry has blamed an abnormal natural disaster for the collapse of Thia Bridge in northern Yên Bái Province on October 11, which swept away eight people.

The Traffic Police General Department launched a campaign from Saturday to ensure traffic safety and social order during the holidays and festivals.

Quảng Bình Province Border Guard and Laos’ Khammouan Province Public Security Department on Saturday arrested a Laos national for allegedly smuggling 32,000 tablets of synthetic drug into Việt Nam.

A fire occurred late Sunday evening, destroying hundreds of square metres of a warehouse containing mattresses on Phan Anh Street, Tân Phú District, HCM City.

The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission, during its meeting on Sunday, decided to take disciplinary action against some officials for violating Party and State regulations.

A project to build playgorunds for children in urban areas won a US$3,500 prize on Saturday.

German journalist and author Hellmut Kapfenberger has been presented with the Friendship Order by the President of Việt Nam in recognition of works that have enhanced mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries.

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A “Fun with Traffic Safety” extracurricular day to mark the tenth anniversary of Việt Nam’s national helmet law on December 15 was held at Tiền Phong Primary School in Hà Nội.

Two companies involved in an illegal case of hazardous waste landfill in central Hà Tĩnh Province have been fined a total VNĐ1 billion or US $45,000.

Twenty-two people were injured yesterday morning when a bus crashed into a car at the Võ Nguyên Giáp intersection in Thanh Hóa City.

The operations of a stone quarry run by the  Asia Mineral Joint Stock Company were suspended yesterday after a collapse killed a worker and injured two others in Nghệ An Province.

Solutions to raise the living standards of people residing in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area were given at a conference in the southern province of Bình Phước.

Organic farming was an important part of Việt Nam’s agricultural production, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at the weekend.

The job market in Việt Nam is expected to be largely positive next year as the country continues to develop into a major manufacturing hub, according to recruitment companies.

The HCM City Department of Transport has proposed the city People’s Committee allow a pilot electric motorbike rental programme in District 1.

Using iodine in salt, a health step long enforced in Western countries, cannot by itself improve iodine shortages in Vietnamese people, experts agreed at a conference held last week in Hà Nội.