President Nguyen Xuan Phuc extended his condolences to the People's Police force and families of three firefighters who died while tackling a blaze at a karaoke bar in Cau Giay district, Hanoi, on August 1 afternoon.

The Spanish Embassy in Vietnam on August 1 announced that it cannot accept Schengen visa applications from Vietnamese citizens using new-style passports until further notice.

The High People's Court in Hà Nội on Monday passed a final sentence for five former leaders and workers of the multilevel Liên Kết Việt Joint Stock Company, who had applied for punishment reduction.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias presented 50,000 EUR (51,186 USD) to the Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism during his visit to the Southeast Asian nation on August 1.

Three firefighters from Cầu Giấy District died while tackling a blaze at 231 Quan Hoa Street at about 2 pm on Monday, police in Hà Nội announced.

The traffic situation on the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây expressway has been congested in recent days after an electronic toll collection (ETC) was put into operation.

An electronic toll collection (ETC) system has been launched on Nội Bài-Lào Cai Expressway, the first route in the North-South Expressway and the first connecting the capital city with the Northwestern region to operate the system.

The Ministry of Construction has been asked to work with other ministries and sectors to draft and submit a plan to build at least 1 million apartments of social housing for workers and low-income earners between now and 2030 to the Government in August.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will give flexible and suitable management to guide credit resources to business and production activities and create favourable conditions for workers and low-income earners to access capital for house purchase, Governor Nguyen Thi Hong said on August 1.

One university student in Hà Nội has been creating hundreds of model aeroplanes for seven years. His biggest model that he has built is a Boeing 787 model which can fly one kilometre in six minutes. Watch our video to see how he controls his model aeroplanes as they soar high into the sky.

Vietnam has remained in the world’s top fastest-growing destinations, expanding 50 – 70% monthly, since the beginning of 2022, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

During a conference chaired by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday to discuss measures to expand social housing facilities for workers and low-income earners, major enterprises and groups in Việt Nam committed to build more than 1.2 million houses under social housing projects by 2030.

The country aims to receive up to 5 million foreign tourists in 2022, although the ambition is clouded by surging inflation worldwide, the Ukraine-Russia conflict, and China’s persistent zero COVID-19 policy.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference on August 1 to discuss measures to expand social housing facilities for workers and low-income earners.

An electronic toll collection (ETC) system has been launched on Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway, the first route excluded in the North-South Expressway and the first connecting the capital city with the Northwestern region to operate the system.

HCM City aims to vaccinate children aged five to 17 against COVID-19 in August in preparation for the next school year.

No country can solve it alone, Nguyễn Minh Hiếu, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs under the Ministry of Public Security said, adding coordination and cooperation between countries is needed, as well as between international organisations.

Revenue generated from tourism hit 11.9 trillion VND (509.85 million USD) in the first seven months of this year, a 2.7-fold rise year-on-year due to the strong recovery of tourism activities, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The victims are a woman born in 1970 and her daughter born in 2006, who are residing in Đống Đa District, Hà Nội.