HCM City is carrying out multiple methods and programmes to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions in its aim to create a "clean, green and beautiful" city.

The winners of each category will receive a prize worth VNĐ1 billion (US$44,000) each in cash and gifts and opportunities to participate in international fashion events.

The targets are set in a 2020-2025 national plan on African swine fever prevention that has been approved by deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had a working session with authorities from the northern province of Ninh Bình on Sunday to check the implementation of socio-economic development in 2020, including the disbursement of public investment.

Bến Tre Province authorities have sought VNĐ250 billion (US$10.7 million) from the Government to build reservoirs to store freshwater and avoid a shortage due to drought and saltwater intrusion in rivers.

The two women returned from Russia to Việt Nam on July 9 on Vietnam Airlines flight VN5062 and entered the country via Cần Thơ International Airport in Cần Thơ Province.

Tickets to enter sightseeing spots and stay overnight at Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site in the northern province of Quang Ninh, have been cut by half as part of the locality’s efforts to support travel companies.

Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam was ranked third among the list of the world’s top 25 cities in 2020 recently announced by Travel + Leisure.

The fourth victim from an accident in which a car fell into the sea on Friday night has died, said Trịnh Văn Mạnh, director of the Quảng Ninh Province General Hospital.

A Mexican woman died in a traffic accident at 9am on Sunday in Bò Liêm Village, Đồng Tâm Commune, Mai Châu District in the northern province of Hòa Bình.

The Investigation Police Agency had started legal proceedings against five defendants involving in a law violation case in the State-owned Saigon Agriculture Incorporated (Sagri), the Ministry of Public Security announced on July 11.

Universities in Việt Nam should start preparing different scenarios to adapt if the country experiences new COVID-19 incidences in the community, said Dr Nguyễn Ngọc Điện, rector of Hoa Sen University.

The first “Cashless Day” of Vietnam was held on June 16 with a series of events designed to encourage non-cash payment in the country.

Merle Ratner, Coordinator of the US-based Vietnam Agent Orange (AO) Relief and Responsibility Campaign, highlighted certain achievements in the fight for the sake of Vietnamese AO victims during an interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

Police of Dien Bien district of the northwestern province of the same name on July 11 said they, together with relevant agencies, had seized a large haul of drugs from a transnational trafficking ring.

Remains of 10 soldiers who laid down their lives in the struggles to safeguard the nation were reburied at the Vi Xuyen National Martyrs’ Cemetery, the northernmost province of Ha Giang, on July 11.