Police in the central province of Ha Tinh said on December 23 they found a tiger carcass in a house of a local man.

A nine-story parkcade has been proposed for construction behind the Municipal Theater in downtown Ho Chi Minh City to provide more parking spaces for automobiles in the city.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 24 decided to allocate 2,000 tonnes of rice to the south central province of Binh Dinh, which has suffered heavy losses due to recent floods.

Prejudice and legal regulations cause major difficulties for non-State universities in Vietnam, chairwoman of the management board of Hanoi-based Thang Long University Hoang Xuan Sinh said.

Financial assistance has continued to be delivered to residents in the south central region, which has suffered from back-to-back floods.

VOV.VN - With just one day to go till Christmas, the capital city of Hanoi is bursting out all over with a festive and joyous holiday atmosphere.

VOV.VN - The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting issued a storm warning on December 23 that Nock-ten, a very strong typhoon has formed in the eastern sea area of the Philippines and is heading towards the East Sea.

Christmas in Vietnam feels like Valentine’s Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Halloween all rolled into one.

Trains on the north-south line are moving at a very slow speed of less than 45 kilometers (28 miles) per hour.

Following a recent directive from the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City is expected to remove its planned firework show from the list of festive activities on the coming New Year’s Eve.

Urban issues such as solid waste management, water pollution and urban reconstruction were the main topics at the fifth urban development forum, which was held in the central city of Danang on December 23.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his four deputies on December 23 join in a campaign to raise funds for flood-hit people in the south-central region.

Some 448 million medical tests are done in the country each year, but only a third of the country’s health facilities subject their tests to external quality assessments (EQAs).

The Vietnam Association for Protection of Children’s Rights held a seminar in Hanoi on December 23 to collect recommendations for the enforcement of the Article 92 of the Children’s Law and the association’s working strategy for 2017-2020.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for the involvement of the entire political system and the public in the fight against drug crimes, which have recently shown complicated developments.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) has presented certificates of merit and insignia “For peace and friendship among nations” to 30 foreign non-governmental organistions (NGOs) in honour of their practical contributions to poverty reduction in Vietnam.

VOV.VN -  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on the judicial sector  to work harder in law making and enforcement as well as giving advice to the government and the Prime Minister to promptly institutionalize the resolutions of the Party, National Assembly, and government.

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang has underscored Vietnam’s unswerving policy of respecting and protecting citizens’ rights to freedom of belief and religion.

VOV.VN - A group of Hanoi youth wearing Santa Claus outfits have ridden motorbikes to deliver Christmas meals and gifts to poor people every Wednesday evening in December from 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

President Tran Dai Quang asked the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in particular and the health care sector in general for strengthening scientific research, technological application, and personnel training to improve services.

The tourism sector has recorded positive changes in 2016 thanks to close coordination between ministries, sectors and localities.

The 97th birth anniversary of the founder of Hoa Hao Buddhism, Prophet Huynh Phu So, took place at An Hoa temple in Phu My township, Phu Tan district, the southern province of An Giang on December 23.

The Prime Minister is continuing to encourage Thai people to exercise regularly, by leading government officials in a weekly workout session.

Newly-appointed Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Pereric Högberg on December 21 gave Ho Chi Minh City book lovers a closer look into the life of world-renowned Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as well as the culture of the Nordic country.

The Hanoi Department of Health has sent doctors, nurses and medical workers from central level hospitals to district level facilities to help share advanced professional techniques.

After years of discussions and negotiations, the central city of Danang city and its neighbouring Quang Nam province on December 21 inked an agreement on integrated management of the Vu Gia-Thu Bon river basin and Quang Nam-Danang coastline.

A delegation from the women’s union in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region had meetings with its Vietnamese counterparts in the northern provinces of Cao Bang, Lang Son and Quang Ninh on December 21 and 22.

Disabled children and Agent Orange/dioxin victims in the central province of Thanh Hoa have received 60 wheelchairs donated by a Japanese-based charity. 

Officials have shared the Christmas joy with Catholics and Protestants nationwide, offering the best wishes to them on this occasion.

Vietnam plans to boost cooperation in skilled labour and health care privatization, which is a good chance for Japanese firms, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung at a meeting with representatives from more than 100 trade unions of Japan in Tokyo on December 22.