A man has died in the Mekong Delta after being struck by lightning. 

The HCM City Department of Transport has proposed investing VND250 billion for 34 automatic toll booths to prevent traffic congestion during peak hours in the city centre.

Environmentally-friendly buses in HCM City could face operating problems as compressed natural gas (CNG) suppliers plan to reduce CNG supply, according to local authorities.

Vietnam is completing the construction of 65 Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS), using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to provide highly accurate geo-spatial positioning data.

Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to Kinh tế và Đô thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) newspaper about measures to prevent a food shortage at the end of this year.

 Vietnam will receive cancer vaccines from Japan in the near future, Prof Ta Thanh Van, Rector of the Ha Noi Medical University (HMU) told Lao Động (Labour) newspaper.

The Government may want schools to work with businesses hand in glove to help students get jobs later in life, but some may be taking things too far.

The inter-sector association for social insurance debt collection has asked Hanoi police to help investigate and handle enterprises that owe long-overdue social, health and unemployment insurance debts.

A Lao national carrying more than 24,000 tablets of synthetic narcotics was recently arrested at the Cha Lo International Border Gate in the central province of Quang Binh, according to the provincial Border Guard High Command.

It was a tragic morning on National Highway 5 as three consecutive accidents killed at least seven people and injured another two on Tuesday, Hai Duong Province traffic authorities announced.

A water shortage in Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An City in central Vietnam is greatly affecting the lives of thousands of locals and tourists.

Doctors at the University Medicine Centre in HCM City have saved the life of a 33-year-old pregnant woman with Marfan syndrome and her baby after successfully performing emergency aortic surgery.

Residents in the central province of Quang Nam have expressed concern after a large area of rice was destroyed due to drought.

Many shops specialising in organic pork, fresh fruits and vegetables have opened in central HCM City and neighboring areas as demand for organic products has increased in recent years.

Luu Binh Nhuong, a National Assembly deputy, talks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper on some of the serious problems in land planning in Vietnamese cities.

Violations in the construction of a number of hydropower plants in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have been blamed on poor management by local authorities.

There are 153 areas being illegally used to store construction materials along rivers, according to a report by the Ha Noi Dyke Management and Flood and Storm Prevention Department.

The Ministry of Health will organise campaigns to combat dengue fever throughout this year since there has been a sharp increase in its incidence.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is strengthening the task of prevention and control of the Fall Armyworm that is damaging corn fields in the country.

Ha Long City in northern Quang Ninh Province is the first city to use a mobile app to interact with local people, the provincial Department of Information and Communication has said.