Việt Nam News

A new bridge officially opened to traffic in Phú Thuận A Commune, Hồng Ngự District, in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp after six months of trial use.

Border guards of the northern province of Quảng Ninh on Sunday destroyed some nine tonnes of oysters of unclear origin.

Certain vehicles will be banned from entering 10 different streets in Hà Nội during three rush-hour slots during the second APEC Senior Official Meeting (SOM2) from May 8-25, the city police has announced.

The military high command in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk on Sunday safely detonated a bomb weighing 334kg left behind from the war.

Dozens of tonnes of cobia in various rivers of Tân Thành District and Vũng Tàu City, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province, have been dying en masse for the past 10 days.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a proposal by the Department of Transport to put up advertisements on local buses. 

Difficulties in calling for foreign help make it difficult for residents in rural and isolated areas to enjoy filtered and clean water, experts have said.

HCM City has advanced to this month an extraordinary meeting to discuss waste treatment and environmental pollution after National Assembly deputies from the city expressed concern over the issues, a leader said.

Nearly 600 leaders, officials and volunteers from the International Committee of the Red Cross and Việt Nam Red Cross Society took part in the 2017 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day celebration in HCM City on Saturday.

It is easy to miss out on Trần Thị Kim Oanh’s bún bò Huế (Huế-style beef noodle soup) eatery when it is sandwiched between look-alike buildings on a newly-opened street in Hà Nội.

Trà Vinh Province police arrested a suspected bank robber on Saturday after ten days of investigation.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered all central and local governments nation wide to develop plans to utilise the advantages offered by the 4^th Industrial Revolution.

Some 80 per cent of construction landfills along the capital city’s riverbanks are operating without licences, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

A crash between a truck and a coach in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai early yesterday claimed 12 lives and injured 33 others. 

The Government wants public colleges to become autonomous in order to be competitive, but many of them are worried about such a move, especially the financial aspect.

Indonesian authorities have detained nearly 580 Vietnamese fishermen for illegally fishing in the country’s waters, according to the Vietnamese embassy in Jakarta.

All districts in HCM City have been told by the city’s People’s Committee to give priority to allocating land and funds to build at least one new swimming pool each year in their localities until 2020.

The pilot project to put origin-tracing stamps on vegetable and fruits has gained initial success after three months, a senior official has said.