The Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng plans to improve management of noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and epilepsy, as well as schizophrenia, under instruction from the Ministry of Health.

Unlicensed beaches operating in Hạ Long City in Quảng Ninh Province during summer have made local authorities worried, reported the online newspaper vov.vn.

Hà Nội’s Police Department has launched a plan aimed at curbing illegal motorbike street racing in the city as the 2018 World Cup draws near.

The slow progress of building and maintaining dykes has caused concerns, with the stormy and rainy season approaching, reported Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper. 

Thirty per cent of the total of 240 traffic accidents recorded in the first four months of the year in HCM City occurred in Bình Tân and Bình Chánh districts.  

 A bus carrying 41 overseas Vietnamese in Thailand and Laos skidded and overturned in Packsan town in Laos’ central province of Bolykhamsay yesterday morning, injuring 14 people. 

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang is developing intensive tra fish farming in alluvial areas along rivers to produce high quality fish for export.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), on Tuesday, scrapped a scheme to renew the national high school examination from 2018 to 2020.

A minimum wage should be set that it is sufficient to attain a basic standard of living for labourers and their families, a new resolution on wage reform issued by the 12th Party Central Committee said.

Anyone in Hà Nội craving fresh, juicy strawberries from the southern city of Đà Lạt shall have to pay for at least 35 per cent more than usual. But the extra money doesn’t go to farmers, but pays for costly transportation.

A campaign called Undetectable = Untransmittable was launched yesterday in HCM City to persuade people living with HIV to take antiretrovirals as prescribed by doctors to reduce the virus load in their body to undetectable levels so that they do not transmit it to their sexual partners.

The supervision group of the Hà Nội’s People’s Council has asked the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment to work with the city’s authorities in order to reclaim long-delayed projects which violate the current Land Law.

Signs of smuggling were discovered at two major ports in HCM City as prohibited goods were found in several containers left unclaimed here during the past month.

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has predicted ten risks that could result in disasters including those related to fire, pollution, transport, health and nuclear power plants.

Early Thursday morning, North-South passenger train crashed into a truck when it was passing through the central province of Thanh Hoá, killing two and injuring 10 others.

Illegal mineral exploitation in Phú Quốc district in Kiên Giang province has defied the local government for many years, reported online newspaper vov.vn. Illegal exploitation has severely affected the district’s environment and risked public safety.

The south-central province of Khánh Hòa is developing hubs for slaughterhouses to gradually move the current small, scattered ones that cause pollution.

Construction work on a road connecting Sóc Trăng City to a shrimp-rice farming area started, Trần Văn Chuyện, chairman of the provincial people’s committee, said Thursday.