The Investigation Police Agency of Hòa Bình province on July 2 launched legal proceedings against a leader and a former employee of Hòa Bình General Hospital for their involvement in the medical incident leaving eight patients dead at the kidney dialysis division.

Bến Tre Province is continuing to supervise five relatives and medical staff who had contact with a man who died on June 29 from swine flu.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has sent warning to provincial and city-level health departments, hospitals and health centres about the need to strengthen the monitoring of weather forecasts from the National Meteorological and Hydrological Forecast Centre and the implementation of medical examinations for people. 

Howard Limbert, the British cave expert, who found Sơn Đoòng, the world's biggest cave leaves Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng National Park today. 

A man on Tuesday set himself on fire at the gate of the Central Citizen Reception Centre in Hà Nội, according to the police.

Police in the northern city of Ninh Bình on Sunday arrested eight men suspected of involvement in online football betting, according to an announcement on Monday.

Hà Nội will expand the use of the iParking app at 146 parking lots across the city this month.

Hà Nội Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has asked for a government subsidy after suffering losses due to a lack of passengers.

The Police Investigation Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on Monday announced it had launched legal proceedings against Lê Thành Công, former general director of Đông Phương Knitting Company, for “abuse of position and power while on duty”.

A 12-year-old girl in Hà Nội has decided to donate her cornea to people who could use it before taking her last breath on Monday.  

The Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) on Tuesday announced that electricity consumption in the north on Monday reached its highest peak since June 22, as the northern and central regions of Việt Nam are experiencing a strong heat wave.

In a single year, more than 60 public officials and servants working for ward-level agencies of southern Vũng Tàu City have quit their jobs, mostly because they say they aren't making enough to survive.

Many important national highways and provincial roads across several northern provinces have been repaired and are now resuming operations after the localities were seriously hit by flash floods and landslides several days ago. 

The HCM City People’s Court decided the 3-year in jail for Đặng Thanh Bình, former deputy governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam, who is charged with “lacking responsibility and causing serious consequences” on Monday.

Staff from 30 Vietnamese and Germany companies met at a workshop last weekend in Hà Nội organised by TRAFFIC to learn the benefits of adopting a zero-tolerance policy on wildlife crime.  

The number of people getting flu vaccines has risen in recent days following three deaths from swine flu (A/H1N1) in HCM City.

The Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health has asked local health departments, vaccination centres, and vaccine producers and traders to ensure a sufficient supply of vaccines nationwide.

A fire broke out at 3am this morning at an apartment compound in Thanh Xuân District, Hà Nội, Vietnam News Agency reported. Reportedly starting in a footwear store, the fire spread to the 5-storey apartment blocks, trapping many residents inside.

The Bình Phước Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned local farmers not to grow new cashew varieties that have not been certified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to ensure cashew quality is not affected. 

The Government has issued a resolution to amend HCM City’s land use plans for the period until 2020.