Việt Nam News

Construction of HCM City’s elevated road No.5 linking Hà Nội Highway in Thủ Đức District with the Tân Tạo - Chợ Đệm junction in Bình Tân will begin next year.

The Government has limited to 89 the number of additional aircraft that four domestic carriers can purchase by the year 2020.

Six Asian black bears have been rescued from a farm in Buôn Ma Thuột City in the central highlands Đắk Lắk Province after a 10-year captivity.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the establishment of a food-safety management board to monitor food quality and safety in HCM City.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has decided to revoke the press cards of two journalists working for Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper.

Transport firms in HCM City have begun to add more buses to meet demand during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, which begins in late January.

The People’s Court in Hải Phòng City on Monday opened the trial of Lê Minh Quang, 33, head of BBG Financial Group, accused of appropriating around VNĐ386 billion (US$17.3 million).

Students from Trần Cao Vân and Lê Quý Đôn schools in the central city of Đà Nẵng won top prizes in two categories -- apprentices and veterans -- at the 2016 International Robothon Contest for primary and secondary students in Malaysia last Sunday.

Việt Nam Women’s Union, in coordination with Việt Nam Tobacco Control Fund (Ministry of Health), officially launched a communication campaign on the harmful effects of secondhand smoke at a ceremony yesterday in Hà Nội.

Barricades and warning signs are set up on the southern end of the Vĩnh Huy Bridge, Vĩnh Hải Commune, Ninh Thuận Province.

The Vietnamese  Government is taking drastic measures in restructuring agricultural production to adapt to climate change,  Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development  Nguyễn Xuân  Cường said yesterday.

 The People's Committee of central Quảng Ngãi Province has begun relocating all traders from the temporary market on Phạm Văn Đồng Street to the newly-built market on Nguyễn Nghiêm Road.

Police in the northern Quảng Ninh Province’s Hải Hà District on Tuesday destroyed 2.8 tonnes of food, including plaice and oranges, of which origins were unknown.

For the first time in Việt Nam, an elephant reared in the half-wild environment in southern Đồng Nai Province has gotten pregnant, according to the provincial Forest Management Department.

Prolonged heavy rainfall and impact of the strong cold air over the week have caused serious landslides and paralysing the Trường Sơn Đông route through the Tây Nguyên Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

The People's Court in HCM City yesterday sentenced dozens of defendants linked to a vast gambling ring.

The HCM City Preventive Health Centre is piloting the use of thermal foggers to kill mosquitoes, replacing the ultra-low volume (UTL) cold fogger, as the number of Zika incidences continues to increase.