Việt Nam News

Fourteen foreign tourists, one tour guide and a crew of six were rescued early Tuesday morning after a fire occurred on their boat.

HCM City officials have asked telecommunications companies to redesign or replace more than 5,000 base transceiver stations (BTSs) located on top of houses and other buildings. 

The Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources will inspect projects that have high potential for causing severe environmental pollution to ensure that they are adhering to the law in 2017.

HCM City Department of Health has set up a hotline for the public to complain about food quality during Tết (Lunar New Year) as part of a campaign on food safety.

Looming financial hurdles in the upcoming new year were worrying farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta as many reported the price of gingers dropping to an unprecedented low.

The defence ministries of Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia will step up military co-operation via programmes to be implemented this year.

The number of traffic safety violations on the country’s longest National Highway, Hà Nội-Lào Cai, has been increasing after being in use two years ago, endangering the safety of road users, media reported.

Ethnic-minority children play games during break time at Bản Phùng Primary School, in northern mountainous Hà Giang’s Hoàng Su Phì District. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Some provincial roads in northern Bắc Ninh Province are being overused as drivers prefer using them instead of the Hà Nội-Bắc Giang Expressway to avoid the toll station.

Two fires broke out in residential houses in HCM City and Đồng Nai Province on Sunday, destroying furniture and leaving one resident dead. 

Nine fishermen were rescued by locals and the coast guard after their ship sank off the southern province of Cà Mau yesterday morning.

Hà Nội People’s Committee on Monday launched an online service with information about weather conditions and environment indexes, including air quality index, rainfall and flooding.

Hanoians as well as tourists may soon get to enjoy free Wi-fi at various places in the capital, if a proposal put up by the local tourism department goes through.

Hà Nội People’s Committee has issued a decision on vehicle parking fees to keep a check on inconsistent and high rates being charged in various parts of the city.

Hà Nội firefighters on Sunday night used a ladder truck and a cage to bring down a woman and her premature newborn daughter from the fourth floor of a house.

The authority at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport has advised passengers to arrive at the airport three hours before departure during the Tết (Lunar New Year) period.

Việt Nam currently has an average floor area per person of 22.8sq.m, according to a recent report by the Ministry of Construction.

Nearly six hectare of clean land have been handed over to the Aviation Airport Corporation of Việt Nam to build new taxiways, a runway and plane parking areas at the Đà Nẵng Airport ahead of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit to take place in the central city later this year.