Amid rising concern over industrial water pollution, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said it will begin a nationwide check of factories’ wastewater treatment systems in August.

Four people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in at least five robberies in Ho Chi Minh City in the last few months, police has said.

Nearly 45,000 people came down with dengue fever across Vietnam in the first seven months, a 260% increase from a year ago, local media has reported, citing new data released by the health ministry.

Typhoon Mirinae made landfall in northern Vietnam on July 27, killing at least two people and leaving a trail of destruction.

Singapore-based café and restaurant chain NYDC has closed its last outlet and shut down its seven-year-old business in Vietnam after what critics said a losing battle against local chains.

In a new effort to address persistent food safety problems, Ho Chi Minh City authorities reportedly plan to tighten control over distributors of chemicals, who are accused of supplying toxins used in many of local foods.

A Vietnamese Australian was arrested on July 24 in Tan Son Nhat Airport when she allegedly attempted to board a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Australia with nearly 5 kg of heroin in her baggage. 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed that the government scrap a Hong Kong-invested pulp plant in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, citing potential threats to the environment, local media has reported.

Customs officers in Hanoi are investigating the smuggling of gun parts from the UK and US after seizing a number of barrels the past month.

Conservationists have criticized the Tay Ninh Forest Protection Agency for illegally licensing many families to raise pangolins in the southern province.