Việt Nam News

The Royal 16, a Vietnamese cargo ship with 19 crewmen on board, was attacked and captured by pirates on Friday while sailing in the sea off the Basilan Island, the Philippines, according to the Việt Nam Maritime Administration (VNMA).

Two people were killed and six others injured in a boiler explosion in the northern province of Thái Nguyên yesterday.

 The New Zealand Embassy in Việt Nam hosted its second annual Ambassador’s Alumni Awards to celebrate educational links between the two countries and recognise individuals who excel in their field.

The first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) pilot route in Hà Nội will begin operating next month, according to the People’s Committee.

Việt Nam Road Administration has asked the Ministry of Transport to allow more related agencies to take part in inspection and supervision of BOT toll stations.

A herd of about 20 wild elephants looking for food have raided fields in Drang Pốk Village in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Lắk.

The Natural and Cultural Reserve in southern Đồng Nai Province has completed building an electronic fence around the reserve campus to protect the habitat of elephants.

The HCM City Council’s standing board will work with the city's Department of Natural Resources and Environment to identify suspended construction projects that could be breeding grounds for the spread of the Zika virus.

For the first time in years, Lương Văn Hữu feels happy after completing procedures for land use right certificates. in the past, the processing of certiificates attesting to land and house rights could take as long as a month. People had to travel great distances in order to hand in documents and get the required papers.

Labour departments in provinces and cities will continue to work with local authorities to carry out community-based social evils prevention in an aim to eliminate sales of recreational drugs and prostitution in wards and communes.

Fish in breeding farms in central Thừa Thiên - Huế Province died en masse under unclear causes, leaving breeders potentially bankrupt.

The capital city police have confirmed carelessness by a welder during his work on a billboard as one of the main causes of a karaoke bar fire that killed a total of 13 people earlier this month.

In order to successfully deal with its pledge to the world community to reduce poverty and improve gender equality, education, food security, climate change adaptation and long-term equitable economic growth, Viet Nam must prepare a detailed action plan.

Fragile suspension bridges in the mountainous districts of Yên Bái Province are threatening the lives of residents who cross them on a daily basis.

The Vietnam Baptist Churches (Southern) opened its 3^rd general congress in HCM City on Wednesday, with the participation of 500 Baptist dignitaries and followers from 22 localities.

A new project is being carried out to combat child malnutrition among ethnic groups living in the north of the country.

Hà Nội Health Department reported that it will recall three kinds of unqualified medicines sold in the city’s market following the directive of the Drug Administration.

Traffic police in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province this morning stopped a passenger bus travelling on National Highway 1A and found two big boxes containing internal organs of cows on board.