Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished, announced the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission.

A strong cold wave is travelling from China to Vietnam’s northern region and will lead to the temperature dropping by 10 degrees Celsius, the National Hydro‑Meteorological Service has said.

VOV.VN - A four-seat car suddenly burst into flames while moving through Le Van Luong-Hoang Dao Thuy crossroads in Hanoi at 8:00am on February 23. 

Multiple road and bridge projects in Vietnam are applying toll-collecting periods that are up to 13 years longer than they should be, the country’s state auditor has said.

The Government Public Relations Department (PRD) has held an award ceremony for the recently-concluded Sharing ASEAN video clip competition. 

The city has land to develop suitable low-cost houses for only 1 percent of those in need, its real estate association said.

The Ministry of Energy has confirmed that the coal-fired power plant in Krabi is using a new technology which certainly has no impact on the environment. 

Several provinces are running short on water as the country is easing into summer.

The World Bank has acknowledged Thailand as the only country in the ASEAN region to implement a universal health care system to help with its national economic growth. 

A Russian man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after he was found guilty of trafficking cocaine into Vietnam, a Ho Chi Minh City court said on February 22.

Thais continue to travel to the Grand Palace to pay their respects to His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. 

Vietnamologist Daria Mishukova started pursuing Vietnamese studies and language in 1995, when she was a freshman majoring in Oriental Studies at Far Eastern University, Russia. Two years later, she took her first step into Vietnam.

A scholarship program for masters-level study in Australia is calling for Vietnamese applications from February to March 2017.

Ho Chi Minh City has the potential to outdo Singapore in terms of medical services by as early as 2020 if medical facilities are adequately invested in, the municipal health director has said.

The Hanoi People’s Court handed down the death penalty on two former officials at Vinashin Ocean Shipping Company Ltd (Vinashinlines) for embezzlement.

VOV.VN - On February 22,  the Vietnam – US Society (VUS) under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations hosted a seminar to boost cooperation between war veterans of Vietnam and the US as well as the two countries’ people.

HCM City has begun implementing phase two of an environmental sanitation project by constructing a wastewater drainage system, according to the management board of the HCM City Environmental Sanitation Project.

The first stage of a month of environmental hygiene and disinfection is scheduled for February 22 – March 21, 2017 to counter possible entry of avian flu viruses. 

The environment agency in the central coastal province of Quang Nam has to date collected nine tonnes of rubbish, covered with crude and clotted oil, along the coastline in Nui Thanh district.

Ho Chi Minh City has launched measures against the possible return of avian flu outbreaks, especially in quarantine stations and fowl slaughter and trade facilities. 

The Military Medical Academy announced on February 22 that the first lung transplant with the lung donated by alive persons has been conducted successfully in Vietnam.

A new strategy should be applied in HIV/AIDS prevention and control, with a focus on early treatment in HIV-positive cases, ambulatory treatment, and extending treatment services to jails and remote and poor areas, said a Health Ministry official.

The Hanoi Department of Transport has proposed launching a second Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route connecting Lang – Hoa Lac hi-tech zone and Kim Ma street, Ba Dinh district, Deputy Director of the Department Ngo Manh Tuan said on February 21.

More than 14,000 tonnes of rice were provided for needy people in 17 provinces and cities during the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2017, said Nguyen Manh Ha, an official from the General Department of State Reserves under the Ministry of Finance at a press conference held in Hanoi on February 22.

For years, ornamental tree planting has helped people in the northern province of Bac Ninh  increase their income and improve living standards.

VOV.VN - Huawei Technologies Co., a Chinese leading ICT global company, is partnering with the Vietnam government to provide ICT training for public and private sector personnel to promote more efficient services to the public.

VOV.VN - A planting ceremony of 100 Sakura cherry trees donated by the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association Chapter in the Chukyo Region was held on February 22 at the Nguyen Van Cu Park in the province of Bac Ninh.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved award of a contract to construct a waste treatment facility to Trisun Green Energy Corporation of Australia. 

The northern province of Quang Ninh is intensifying measures to prevent A/H7N9 avian flu from entering through border gates as it shares about 118km border line with China, which is tackling a new A/H7N9 outbreak. 

A nuclear study by three Vietnamese scientists has been published by Physical Review Letters, marking Vietnam’s debut in the physics journal.