The central city of Da Nang plans to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to observe urban planning and record data.

A number of poultry producers and suppliers in HCM City have taken measures to protect their farms and slaughterhouses from the risk of an avian flu epidemic spreading to Vietnam given a worrying outbreak in China.

The World Bank (WB) will sponsor US$500,000 for Can Tho city to carry out the “Green-clean-beauty programme”, part of a project upgrading the Mekong Delta urban region.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has signed an instruction to strengthen measures to ensure safety in educational establishments.

VOV.VN - On February 21, a passenger bus suddenly exploded at 10.30pm when it ran on Highway 18 from Que Vo District, Bac Ninh province to Quang Ninh province, killing two people and injuring more than 10.

A number of wholesale and retail markets in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, including its biggest wholesale flower market, Ho Thi Ky, may be relocated to the outskirts of the southern metropolis as officials search for solutions to worsening congestion, pollution and food safety.

The top six ideas for solving Hanoi's chronic traffic problems have been announced by authorities in the capital.

Operation resumes after 20 hours of suspension, following the incident in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Police in Quang Ninh Province on Vietnam's border with China have fined four Chinese nationals VND16 million (US$700) in total for entering the country illegally.

The Royal Cambodian Army (RCA) and Vietnam’s defence attache office in Cambodia held a ceremony on February 21 opening a lecture hall and commencing the construction of an accommodation building for students of the Techo Military Engineering School in Kampong province.

Secretary General of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong has hailed Peace Trees Vietnam (PTV)’s contributions to healing the war wounds, fostering trust and friendship between the two peoples. 

The Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) opened in HCM City on February 20.

HCM City’s Traffic Safety Committee and Transport Department has said it plans a series of strong measures in order to reduce traffic jams.

VOV.VN - Around 350kg of ivory hidden in a shipping container has been seized in Vietnam, an official said today (Feb. 21), the first major bust of the illegally-trafficked product this year.

VOV.VN - A late morning fire has destroyed a house in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Russia’s Sputnik agency and Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) have reached an agreement to boost bilateral cooperation in information.

An urgent meeting was held in Hanoi on February 20 to discuss measures to prevent avian influenza viruses, especially A/H7N9, which are spreading in some neighbouring countries.

Sixty six liver transplants have so far been performed across the country, with 34 donors being alive and 32 brain dead, according to the Vietnam Society of Organ Transplantation.

The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) disagreed with a congressional vote which would mean juveniles are fully subject to criminal charges for rape, deliberately injuring people or kidnapping.

Authorities in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have apologised for deforestation violations in the province.

All the land needed to develop the Thu Thiem urban area on Thu Thiem Peninsula in HCM City’s District 2 must be acquired this year, municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong has told the project management board.

VOV.VN - On February 20: Workers are putting finishing touches to their preparations to lift the first carriage to the elevated railway that passes by La Khe station over Quang Trung Str, Ha Dong district.

A loaded truck hit a train when crossing the railway.

Parts of state-owned buildings were demolished and cars towed away on February 20 as authorities of District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City stiffened their fight against sidewalk encroachment.

VOV.VN - H5N1 and H5N6 bird flu outbreaks are spreading in Quang Ngai and Bac Lieu province. Tens of thousands of fowls have been culled over the past two weeks. Relevant agencies are taking steps to contain the outbreak.

Chu Mom Ray National Park in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum is stepping up patrols to protect the local wildlife habitat, after a gaur (a type of bison) was killed by a truck recently.

Police and customs officers arrested a gun smuggler at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on February 20.

APEC’s Expert Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade (EGILAT) opened their meeting on February 20, as part of the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM-1).

Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan had talks with Indian Ambassador in Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish on ways to strengthen bilateral partnership in information technology and high quality human resources training.

Vietnamese authorities are working hard to verify information related to a pirate attack on a Vietnamese vessel in the Philippines’ waters that killed one, thus applying measures to protect Vietnamese citizens, stated a representative from Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department on February 20.