Quảng Ninh’s People's Committee has approved the spending of VNĐ180 billion (US$7,857 million) on upgrading the grand stand and re-decorating function rooms of Cẩm Phả stadium in order to host big international football events, said Đỗ Khánh Tùng, deputy director of the provincial culture and sports department on May 22. 

Prosecutors on May 23 said they were going for 30-36 month suspended sentence for doctor Hoàng Công Lương, one of the alleged offenders in the sensational trial for a medical disaster that resulted in the deaths of nine patients at the northern Hòa Bình General Hospital a year ago.  

Dr Bùi Trinh, an economic expert, talks to Nông Thôn ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper about the need to tell taxpayers how their money is used.

Dương Thu Hiền, a fourth grader at Nhân Chính Primary School for hearing-impaired children in Hà Nội, looked attentively at the images displayed the slideshow, which featuring a story of a stranger trying to persuade a little girl to follow him to get the candy.

When the authorities of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai decided to build the Ayun Hạ irrigation system in 2000, hundreds of local residents in Phú Thiện District’s Chư A Thai Commune were relocated to a new resettlement area.

Southern Đồng Nai Province’s agriculture department said the unsual high level of NH4 (Amoni) and NO2 (Nitrite) may be the reason behind Monday’s mass fish deaths on the La Ngà River based on a test done on water sample collected at the site.

The central city’s people’s committee has closed a private kindergarten in Thanh Khê district for further investigation on violations after a video clip was posted on social network on May 21.

Authorities have rejected an investor’s proposal to build a chemical factory near the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hạ Long Bay in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.

Việt Nam is faced with increasing outdoor light pollution, which can be harmful to physical and mental health, according to local experts.

Dương Thu Hiền, a fourth grader at Nhân Chính Primary School for hearing-impaired children in Hà Nội, looked attentively at a slideshow featuring a stranger using candy to persuade a little girl to follow him.

Landslides on Monday occurred along the Ô Môn River in Cần Thơ City’s Ô Môn District, causing five houses to fall in the river.

Overwhelming heat since early May seemed to signal a harsh and long summer this year. While many seek to hide from the heat in comfortable rooms cooled with fans or air conditioners, many workers dare not use too much electricity for the privilege. They are poor, and paying more for power than they should.