Vietnam’s population has reached 96.2 million people as of April 1, ranking 15th in the world and third in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Hanoi: 80 percent of new landed property supply located in the east

Heavy rains in recent days have caused many landslides, especially on national highways, in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

The International three-Cushion Billiards Tournament will take place in the southern province of Binh Duong from Thursday to Sunday.

The Transport Ministry has defended its proposal to spend US$58.7-billion on the North-South express railway project following the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s calculations that the cost would be less than half of this.

At the age of 71, Nong Ngoc S. had little rest as he took on the double duties of tending to the family’s crops and his grandchildren.

Three years after a five-year plan to renovate half of the 476 old tenements was announced by HCM City authorities, only a fraction of them have been refurbished or rebuilt, causing suffering to many people living in them.

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh met with UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Kamal Malhotra, WB Country Director for Vietnam Ousmane Dione and Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Elsbeth Akkerman yesterday to discuss the disbursement of ODA projects.

Members of the border guards in southern An Giang Province have seized seven tonnes of iron scrap smuggled from Cambodia to Vietnam.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has arrested and commenced criminal proceedings against eight heads of the Thang Long multi-level marketing company for alleged fraudulent appropriation of assets.

The People's Committee of Central Highlands Lam Dong Province has fined Hoang Vy Restaurant VND80 million (US$3,500) for its involvement in a food poisoning case that affected 136 local residents, the local authorities said on Tuesday.

The ASEAN Football Federation U18 Championship is scheduled to take place in HCM City and Binh Duong starting on August 6.

Former Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh, 64, will be subject to disciplinary measures taken by the Politburo for his serious violations during the equitization of some State-owned enterprises under the Ministry of Transport.

Hanoi office rental maintains upward trend

5-year-old Nguyen L. A. of Hanoi has been receiving treatment for her growth hormone deficiency at the National Hospital of Pediatrics nearly her entire life.

Ha Noi’s People’s Council has approved a resolution to raise tuition fees at some public schools in the academic year 2019-20.

Outbreaks of African swine fever have been discovered in 62 provinces and cities across the nation as of July 9, forcing a total of 2.9 million pigs to be culled.

Hundreds of karaoke facilities which have been suspended still illegally operate in many districts in Hanoi.

A 62-year-old man in the Mekong Delta Province of Ben Tre whose rare disorder made his heart beat abnormally fast – at times 300 beats per minute – was successfully treated, doctors from the HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital said.

Doctors at HCM City’s Paediatrics Hospital have performed successful surgery on a two-year-old boy with the split-hand and split-foot malformation.