From April 15, local authorities will randomly check high-rise buildings that were reported to violate the fire code, including the 17 buildings listed by Hanoi.

The 89-year-old scientist Dang Huy Huynh does not need a cape to save lives. To millions of silent trees and flowers in the middle of Hanoi or deep in Vietnam’s tropical forests, he is already a hero.

 It seems that the flea market has become an attractive destination for both collectors and antique lovers.

 Doctors at Binh Dan Hospital in HCM City has performed surgery for the first time using indocyanine fluorescence imaging to treat gastric cancer.

 The rise of digitisation in the banking sector could help enhance customer experience and improve security and safety features in various functions. Ultimately, it could benefit the sector and society as a whole.

The former Lieutenant General and former Director General of the Police General Department has been taken into custody for the charge of “abusing position and power while performing duties” relating to a major online gambling ring.

 “Le khao le the linh Hoang Sa” (Feast and Commemoration Festival for Hoang Sa Soldiers) was held in An Hai commune, Ly Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, on April 6.

Seventy Vietnamese contestants, selected in preliminary rounds in Vietnam, Poland, the US and Australia, competed at the Miss Sea Vietnam Global 2018’s semi-final in Kien Giang province on April 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops in the North of the country are being watered with polluted water.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While segregation of garbage at source is considered a good way to minimise its effect on the environment, HCM City is facing many challenges in its implementation.

 The investigation agency has determined that VND200 billion ($8.8 million) out of the VND600 billion ($26.4 million) Vu “Nhom” used to purchase Dong A Bank shares existed only on falsified documents by Tran Phuong Binh.

Vietnam’s leading estate developer Sun Group and France-based hotel group AccorHotels on April 1 inaugurated the five-star Premier Village Phu Quoc Resort in Phu Quoc – the country’s largest island.

 Education for Nature-Vietnam has proposed to seize 11 tigers which are being kept at a farm in Thanh Hoa Province but local authorities have no idea where to transfer them.

 Grab said that the firm will not pay the VND53.3 billion (USD2.33 million) tax arrears that Uber has delayed paying to the HCM City Department of Taxation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A large amount of garbage was taken out of a drainage canal in Hanoi after pollution was reported by the media.

 Vietnam has rich cuisine culture but has proved inexplicably incapable of promoting tourism based on its cuisine according to local tourism experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 65km from the centre of the southern province of Kien Giang, the serene and unspoiled Hon Son Island is a hidden gem for the nature-loving tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Independent female director Cao Thuy Nhi’s feature film on love, Nham Mat Thay Mua He (Snow in Summer), will be released today in Hokkaido, Japan.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has signed a decision approving the list of Vietnamese domain names “.vn” licensed through auction.

The revenue of Vietnamese network operators has suffered an uncharacteristic low in the first quarter of this year due to new legislation reducing top-up promotions for pre-paid subscribers from 50 percent to 20 percent.