HCM City plans to cease the construction of high-rise apartment buildings in downtown area while focusing on building apartment complexes along major public transport routes in Districts 2, 9 and Thủ Đức.

Việt Nam has made huge strides in ensuring access to family planning. Ongoing investment has ensured that contraceptives, services and information are available to virtually the entire nation, experts agreed at a ceremony to mark World Population Day on Wednesday in Hà Nội with the theme of "Family Planning is a Human Right".

The People’s Committee of southern Bình Thuận Province yesterday sent an urgent message to authorized agencies on the implementation of measures to prevent oil spills from sunken vessel.  

The Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health on Tuesday tasked all provincial departments of health and medicine manufacturers and pharmacies to suspend the circulation of all types of medicine containing Valsartan by the China-based Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Company indicated in a designated list, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

A 45-seat passenger bus running on the capital’s belt-ring road in the direction of Cầu Giấy Road crashed into the rear of a container car near the National Convention Centre at 4am Wednesday, local media reported.

Businesses illegally shipping in scrap into the country would be prosecuted on smuggling charges this month, said director of the General Department of Customs Nguyễn Văn Cẩn during an online conference.

Raising butterfly lizards is providing a good income to farmers in Ninh Thuận Province since the reptile is in high demanded for its meat.   

When they agreed to join the UN Peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, 73 Vietnamese officers knew they would have to leave behind their families to travel to the war-ravaged country.

A street called Alley 86 which links Thành Thái and Sư Vạn Hạnh streets in HCM City’s District 10 has been named after the late professor Dương Quang Trung, according to the city’s People’s Committee.

Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyễn Hòa Bình said at a workshop in Đà Nẵng yesterday that guidance is needed to ensure the laws against money laundering are effectively carried out.

Doctors at HCM City’s District 11 Hospital performed their first pacemaker implant surgery on an 82-year-old woman last week, who is expected to be discharged from the hospital this week.

HCM City’s People’s Court has sentenced Nguyễn Hữu Tình, 18, to death on charges of murdering five members of a family in their home.

Two people were seriously injured in a collision between a train and a car in the central coastal province of Phú Yên on Monday morning.

Two important irrigation structures in central Quảng Trị Province – the Nam Thạch Hãn flood spillway and Triệu Thượng 2 reservoir – have suffered serious damage, threatening the locality during the ongoing rainy season, vov.vn reported.

In an effort to deal with recent heavy rains that have hit northern parts of the country, Hòa Bình Hydropower Plant on Monday morning opened a new flood gate, the second since July 7.

Hundreds of kilos of dead fish have been found floating in Hà Nội’s West Lake, the capital’s largest lake and a popular scenic spot, over the weekend, posing a health hazard to those living nearby.

Results of the entrance exam to public high schools in Hà Nội and HCM City have been announced. For those who passed, the testing time for both parents and students have turned into joyful moment.

The HCM City’s Party Committee’s Inspection Commission has issued warnings and taken disciplinary action against some senior leaders for committing violations.

Susan Hammond, an American, first set foot in Việt Nam 27 years ago, on a vacation she had planned with the hope of learning more about the country where her father spent time during the war.

The incident has caused disruptions for millions of domestic internet users who are following the World Cup.