The southern central province of Binh Thuan has issued a temporary ban on the exploitation of molluscs and bivalves across its sea waters as part of an effort to protect and regenerate dwindling marine resources.

HCM City might not achieve its target of buying more than 800 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses by the end of the year, according to the Public Transport Management and Operation Centre.

Last Friday, the principal of a public kindergarten in Lao Cai Province was suspended on charges of mistreating a four-year-old boy enrolled at the school.

HCM City has agreed to the widening of the road in certain sections by four to six metres only, and has approved adjustments to four of 21 other proposed road-widening projects in District 10.  

The slow growth of the agricultural sector starting in 2015, shortcomings of small-scale production, poor quality and productivity amid fiercer global competition are threatening the sustainability of farming in Viet Nam

 Electric short-circuit was cited as the cause of the huge fire that engulfed a Taiwanese garment factory in southern Can Tho Province’s Tra Noc Industrial Zone.

The Ministry of Health will soon spell out what medicines and medical techniques should be used by ward- and commune-level health centres around the country to make the family medicine model more efficient

The Central Highlands provinces have good potential for growing macadamia, but more studies are needed to grow the nut, according to the Central Highlands Steering Committee.

The Supreme People’s Court yesterday looked into issues relating to the draft law revising the 2015 Penal Code, including the scope of criminal responsibility by those aged 14 to 16 and the criminal liability of adults in commerce.

Ha Noi will stop operating five bus routes that serve cadres and civil servants travelling from Ha Dong to the centre of the capital from early next month.

A fee will be imposed on songs listed on karaoke machines across the country by July 2017, according to an announcement made by the Recording Industry Association of Vietnam (RIAV).

At his recent exhibition, Vietnamese artist Bui Cong Khanh seems to have little sympathy for the concerns of his audience, as he takes them to a dark room and shows his replica of a city ruined by war. 

Authorities have confirmed emissions from Tu Dinh Joint Stock Company’s metallurgy plant are destroying around 200 hectares of pineapple and other crops in the northern Lao Cai Province’s Muong Khuong District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Trung Quoc, National Assembly Deputy and a historian, tells VOV Online that preserving the Red River ecosystem should be a vital part of plans to exploit it.

Visitors to HCM City will have a chance to pose for photos at the Wax Museum of Vietnamese Artists, known informally as Madame Tussauds Viet Nam, which is scheduled to open early next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dancer Ha Tu Thien graduated from Viet Nam Dance College and is a second-year student at Ha Noi Academy of Theatre & Cinema’s Choreograph Department. 

Each resident of Dong Coc Village in the northern province of Bac Ninh received VND10 million (US$440) after the 200-year-old sua tree at the communal village house was sold for VND24.5 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rice is not only the staple of Vietnamese diets, but also the major ingredient in many signature dishes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam ranked first at the 12th SEA Youth Athletics Championships which closed yesterday in the Philippines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam women’s football team dropped one place to finish No 33 in the world ranking for the first quarter of 2017.