Customs officials in northern Quảng Ninh Province, in cooperation with provincial border soldiers, arrested two persons allegedly transporting more than 3kg of products made from endangered wild animals.

 Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a plan to draw over VNĐ115 billion (US$5 million) from the State budget to assist 10 localities in dealing with the aftermath of storm Dianmu and the floods this year.

With creativity, enthusiasm and a startup spirit, a group of southern youth has succeeded in their businesses.

Many suspension bridges in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng were built of wood. Their vertical piers are dilapidated while many parts of their decks are decayed, covered with rotten wood pieces, making them dangerous to cross. 

The HCM City Department of Transport last Friday (Nov 25) signed a contract with a consortium of investors to build the Ring Road No.2 section stretching from Phạm Văn Đồng Street to Gò Dưa intersection on National Highway 1A in HCM City.

Việt Nam will face a huge budget deficit in health services for people with HIV/AIDS in the next five years, an official from the HIV/AIDS Prevention Agency, Dương Thúy Anh, said yesterday at a conference on insurance payments for ARV therapy.

The Vietnamese student team has won 32 medals - 20 gold medals, 11 silver ones and one bronze - in the seventh World Mathematics Team Championship (WMTC) held in Seoul, South Korea.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Police Investigation Department of Social Security Crime has busted an online gambling ring in HCM City and arrested more than 130 people suspected of involvement.

Police in central Thừa Thiên Huế Province yesterday seized 1.3 tonnes of animal organs without clear origin being transported from central Đà Nẵng City to Quảng Trị Province for consumption.

Though animal diseases have been under control so far, Việt Nam faces a high risk of epidemic outbreaks because of unfavourable weather conditions, an agriculture ministry official has said.

Social and health insurance for labourers worth VNĐ100 billion (US$ 4.4 million) hasn't been paid by 600 businesses operating in northern Bắc Giang Province – accounting for 30 per cent of all businesses participating in the social and health insurance scheme.

The fifth jackpot winner of the American-style lottery, with the prize worth over VNĐ54.8 billion (US$2.4 million), was announced last night by the Việt Nam Lottery Company (Vietlott).

The southern province of Kiên Giang is building five provincial-level hospitals, with a total investment capital of over VNĐ5.5 trillion (US$250 million).

Phú Thọ Police on Saturday caught two men in the act of transporting 300 packets of heroin weighing more than 1kg in Vân Cơ Commune, Việt Trì City.

It is essential that Việt Nam will be able to produce large amounts of multivalent vaccines in the coming years, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

Dilapidated houses and new buildings with illegal extensions of steel frames have become a headache for local authorities in Ha Noi, with the buildings at high risk of fire and difficult for firefighters to access.

The HCM City’s Department of Transport has drawn up a plan to put advertisements on all buses operating on 136 routes around the city after eight months of piloting the plan on 171 buses on 10 routes.

HCM City People’s Committee and Việt Nam Fatherland Front last Saturday honoured 113 individuals and 25 groups, clubs as well as associations in the city for their noble contributions to life in the city.