Việt Nam News

Search for the last missing victim in the Bạc Liêu boat capsize is continuing on Friday, Bùi Minh Túy, chairman of Đông Hải District People’s Committee, said.

A 19-year-old girl in the central province of Hà Tĩnh has received a letter of compliment from President Trần Đại Quang applauding her decision to donate her brain-dead mother’s organs.

Police in northern Lào Cai Province on Wednesday evening discovered a coach carrying more than one tonne of explosive material and precursors on National Highway 279 in Văn Bàn District.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked Hà Nội’s People’s Committee to revise its construction plan and build more parks and parking areas to serve people.

Police in this central province have arrested Nguyễn Văn Hóa, 18, from Kỳ Anh District for abusing his civil right, freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the State.

A year after the environmental catastrophe of mass fish deaths caused by the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Steel Corporation, residents along the central coast are trying to return to a normal life.

A fire killed three people in Đà Nẵng City and one man died in an illegal gold mine tunnel in Quảng Nam Province on Wednesday.

All of brick-kilns in residential quarters and brick-kilns using fossil materials in the southern province of Đồng Nai must close no later than the end of this year.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has agreed to support VNĐ55 trillion (US$2.4 billion) from the Government bond in the 2016-20 period to build the North-South Highway from Hà Nội to HCM City.  

Four power plants in the central provinces of Nghệ An, Quảng Trị and Thừa Thiên-Huế have been asked to undertake urgent repairs before the flooding season arrives.

The floating platforms on West Lake that have not been shifted out despite orders will be dismantled, the Tây Hồ District People’s Committee said on Wednesday.

Two drug traffickers were arrested and 19 varieties of synthetic drugs were recently seized in Nam Định Province, the province’s police said on Wednesday.

 The Government has issued a decree on punishments for administrative violations in the minerals and water resources sectors, imposing fines ranging from VNĐ250 million (US$11,125) to VNĐ2 billion ($89,000).

Two people died when a boat carrying tens of attendants of the Nghing Ông Festival capsized in Bạc Liêu Province on Thursday morning, the Việt Nam News Agency reported.

Customs officers detected two consignments containing pangolin scales at the Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội on Tuesday. 

The HCM City’s Department of Transport has proposed opening eight pedestrian streets in the downtown area.

A knowledge hub to support climate change action was launched in Hà Nội on Tuesday morning.

Expenses for the launching of basic projects and constructions will be reduced by 100 per cent in the 2016-20 period, according to the Hà Nội People’s Committee.