Việt Nam News

The central city will start construction of a road tunnel at the junction of Điện Biên Phủ, Nguyễn Tri Phương and Lê Độ, one of the busiest roundabouts in the city, with a total investment of VNĐ220 billion (US$9.77 million) in the third quarter of this year.

Police in Thanh Hóa central province have detained 13 suspects for running football pools on the Internet worth a total of more than VNĐ1.3 trillion (US$57.8 million).

The schedule for HCM City’s first bus rapid transit route and details of its construction have been finalized.

Mỹ Mỹ Trades and Services Co. Ltd. yesterday began construction of the American International Hospital (AIH) in HCM City’s District 2, the country’s first American-standard hospital.

Enterprises with more than five per cent of their Vietnamese interns in Japan breaking their contracts will be stopped from bringing more interns to this country.

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at an appliance store in this central province's Mỗ Đức District, causing VNĐ10 billion (US$440,000) in damages.

Authorities in the southern province of Tây Ninh arrested two men on Wednesday for illegally entering the country and transporting heroin from Cambodia to Việt Nam.

Two coaches lying in front of the toll station on the Hà Nội – Hải Phòng Expressway stalling other vehicles, was a hostile act planned by the drivers, an official said.

Border guards at the Vĩnh Hội Đông Border Gate in An Giang Province have arrested four people for allegedly smuggling in goods and money over the Cambodian border.

Students in ASEAN countries, China, Japan, and Korea yesterday began a four-day forum to discuss issues related to Việt Nam’s international integration.

Cyprus has opened a consulate in HCM City and appointed entrepreneur Dr Phan Quốc Công as its honorary consul-general.

The health sector called for action to halt the rise of diabetes and improve care for people suffering from the disease at a workshop held today in Hà Nội. 

Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, which transmit the Zika virus, were found at Đà Nẵng International Airport, Phạm Trúc Lâm, director of Đà Nẵng international quarantine service, said.

The central province of Quảng Nam has approved the second phase of a project to build concrete dykes along Cửa Đại beach to cope with worsening coastal erosion near Hội An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

HCM CITY — Two years ago, Phạm Quỳnh Trâm was on her way to visit her grandmother when the motorbike driven by her mother was hit by a drunk driver

On Wednesday Hà Nội People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung called on municipal agencies to reduce spending for street lighting, trees and waste collection in the city

The Hà Nội Department of Information and Communications (HDIC) has asked local telecom providers to disconnect nearly 750 illegal phone numbers that annoy people by sending them advertisements.

A charity text-message campaign has been launched today to raise funds for people affected by drought and salt intrusion in the Central, Central Highlands and Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta regions.