Italy’s Martarello won the 2017 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival after a spectacular Saturday night performance on the Han River.

Hanoi authorities are drawing up plans to set aside additional streets for pedestrians only to “lessen public dependency” on private vehicles, especially motorbikes.

 The 65-year-old war veteran Trần Đức Minh has never forgotten the moment he stumbled on a tree trunk while chasing poachers in Nhàn mountain, leaving his feet bleeding.

 Located just 20km from the central Nam Dinh City, the village of Co Chat in Phuong Dinh Commune has been one of the country’s best-known sericulture and silk villages for hundreds of years.

 Hanoi’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, along with Quang An Ward People’s Committee, will examine whether villas have been constructed illegally on agricultural land in Tay Ho District.

 The first council composed of children in Viet Nam was established in HCM City on Thursday, aiming to help city authorities understand the needs and expectations of the city’s children.

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 Investors in HCM City will receive construction permits within 15 working days after applying online for level 3 public service registrations, according to the city’s People’s Committee.

 Scarce funding and other resources should be directed to priority projects as the main measure to remove traffic bottlenecks in the Mekong Dela region, Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung said.

 The unfavourable working conditions at sea have forced Vietnamese naval guards to come up with brave and inventive ways to fight maritime smuggling.

 Three small earthquakes have hit the northern region this month, scientists say.

Laterite, a highly compacted and cemented type of soil and rock, has long been used for construction and sculpture in Thach That district, just 30 km away from Hanoi.

 Vietnam saw significant rise in exports of fruit and vegetable products in the first half of 2017 but local exporters still cannot find themselves at ease over unstable supply and food safety issues.

 Vietnam should calculate in advance damage caused by climate change as its effects have become more obvious and devastating in recent years, with changes in temperature and rainfall, sea level rises and extreme weather.

 Ho Chi Minh City will expand pedestrian area in District 1 to include Bui Vien Street as from July 15.

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 The Da Nang Paragliding Open 2017, themed “Flying over Tien Sa”, kicked off in the central coastal city of Da Nang on June 24.

Aerobics coaches from eight countries are taking part in an international aerobics coaching course in Hanoi from June 19-27.

 Miguel Rodrigo was appointed as head coach of Vietnam National Futsal Team from 2017 - 2020, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced in a ceremony in HCM City on June 24.

The UNHRC carried out final discussions of its 35th session in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 22-23, adopting 36 resolutions and a presidential statement, including a draft resolution on climate change and human rights co-created by Vietnam.