Hanoi has announced a clear timeline to phase out all gasoline and diesel taxis, aiming for a fully electric and green-powered fleet within the next five years.

The National Steering Committee for Search, Collection and Identification of Martyrs' Remains convened today to outline its 2026 tasks and launch a nationwide campaign to accelerate the identification and repatriation of martyrs’ remains.

The 19th Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival officially opened in Hanoi on February 3, with organisers aiming to collect 10,000 units of blood over the course of the campaign.

Authorities say the former minister received more than VND7 billion linked to two major hospital projects and has since returned part of the funds.

Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have recorded 22 suspected food poisoning cases after patients consumed banh mi from a shop on Phan Van Tri Street.

The 2026 military enlistment handover ceremonies will take place across the country on March 4 and 5 at designated handover points in provinces and centrally governed cities.

On the first day of issuing electronic inspection certificates, software glitches left inspection centers overloaded and drivers waiting for hours.

Surgeons at Binh Dan Hospital have successfully used a robotic system to remove the lower lobe of a patient’s left lung affected by intralobar pulmonary sequestration, a rare congenital malformation.

Authorities say steep gradients, changing topography and limited emergency lanes prompted adjustments to speed regulations on a key eastern corridor.

Authorities caught 13 foreign nationals gambling illegally inside a beachfront hotel basement in Nha Trang, seizing US$3,500 and related documents.

Ho Chi Minh City has identified the Ben Thanh - Thu Thiem metro segment as an urgent project, ordering agencies to ensure construction begins before April 20.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has signed a decision approving a programme on comprehensive reform and improvement of vocational training quality for rural workers by 2030.

More than 6,000 patients nationwide have received free medicines worth over 1.6 trillion VND (61.3 million USD) after seven years of implementing a Ministry of Health (MoH) circular.

With the completion of a section of Ring Road 1 that seemed "impossible," Hanoi is sending a clear signal: the city has shifted to action and is following through to open new development spaces.

Investigators say former Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien admitted receiving VND2.5 billion (US$102,000) from subordinates, while denying knowledge of the money’s origin.

In Vietnam, an estimated 6 million people live with rare diseases, about 58% of whom are children, while nearly 30% of affected children die before the age of five due to delayed diagnosis or limited access to appropriate treatment.

Authorities in the central city of Da Nang have penalised a foreign tourist for flying a drone without permission, amid intensified efforts to curb unauthorised unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) activity.

After three decades and countless DNA tests, a French woman continues her journey to find her Vietnamese birth parents.

Passenger train services through central Hanoi will be scaled back and freight trains diverted away from the inner city under a plan agreed by the capital city's authorities and the Ministry of Construction.

A series of complex procedures successfully performed in 2025 underscores how far Vietnam’s medical expertise has advanced.