The train route connecting Hà Nội and Lào Cai provinces has come to a standstill after a landslide buried at least six carriages of a cargo train on Monday evening.

Heavy rains have created sudden urban flooding in Nghệ An, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên- Huế, causing chaos and claiming the life of a young boy.

A tropical low-pressure system may gain strength and develop into a tropical storm when making landfall in Việt Nam today, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said yesterday.

Journalist Đỗ Phượng, a former member of the Việt Nam Party Central Committee, a former Director General of Việt Nam News Agency (VNS) and a veteran of the Vietnamese press has passed away.  I and many of my colleagues were shocked by learning the news that Phượng has departed us!

Hà Nội’s Department of Tourism has begun offering training classes to residents living in areas that receive heavy tourist traffic, aiming to promote community-based tourism and improve the quality of tourist services.

Việt Nam’s economic structure in rural areas has been transformed in a positive way, following the “right direction” with increasing portions of non-agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors, according to 2016 national census on rural areas, agriculture and fishery which was released yesterday by General Statistics Office (GSO).

Việt Nam’s bid  for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)  showcases the country’s responsibility and wish to actively contribute to the international community, officials said today.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved two river dredging projects in District 9 at a total cost of VNĐ2 trillion (US$91 million) to improve the capacity of its waterways to transport cargo and reduce the pressure on roads.

The HCM City  People's Committee has approved the 1/2000 scale plan for the city’s second science and technology park to be built in District 9 at a cost of around VNĐ4.3 trillion (US$188 million).

Troubled by low fertility rates in the southern provinces, the Ministry of Health has proposed relaxing the country’s two-child policy in order to allow Vietnamese parents to decide the number of children they want.

With labour migration on the rise across ASEAN, countries like Việt Nam, which sends a large number of workers abroad and relies on remittances for 7 per cent of its GDP, should strengthen protections for workers while lowering barriers to their mobility, argues a new World Bank report released yesterday in Singapore.

Cameras designed to tackle rampant traffic violations in Việt Nam are sowing confusion among drivers suddenly confronted with fines without being aware of any wrongdoing on their part.  

Amid increasing demand for talent from existing and newly established businesses, employers are facing challenges in finding the right candidates, according to a recent snapshot report on Việt Nam’s labour market by Adecco Vietnam, a subsidiary of Switzerland-based workforce solutions provider.

The public assets procurement centre for the city’s healthcare sector was dissolved after three years of operation under a decision by HCM City’s People’s Committee.

The Ministry of Transport has agreed to reduce the toll for vehicles using the BOT (Build-Operation-Transfer) bypass in Biên Hòa City of the southern province of Đồng Nai.

Police and forest rangers of Huế City in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế are in co-operation to identify the persons who illegally cut down 3,000sq.m of special-use pine forest last month.

Rains up to 250mm are forecast along the coastal central provinces from Thanh Hóa to Quảng Ngãi on Monday (October 9) evening. This is attributed to the impact of a tropical low-pressure system, moving west-northwest at 25km per hour.

Associate Professor Văn Như Cương, 80, principal of Hà Nội-based Lương Thế Vinh High School, passed away early Monday in Hà Nội after fighting cancer for three years.