The Prime Minister has directed authorities to find the assets of suspects in corruption cases in order to prevent them from being hidden and to help in executing judgments against the accused.

The annual Spring Tea Festival was opened in Thai Nguyen City, the northern Thai Nguyen province, on the 12th day of the first lunar month (February 8), drawing crowds of domestic and international visitors.

Installing speed bumps and increasing the number of guards at rail crossings are among measures to reduce the number of railway accidents.

Coach operators who are not following changes in the bus routes as instructed by  Hanoi’s transport authority would be forced to halt operations for a month.

VOV.VN - It was another day of ‘winners, winners – everywhere’ on February 8 with the award of US$5.5 million to three jackpot winners of the Mega 6/45 lottery game, according to Vietlott.

VOV.VN -This February 11 at 4:40am stargazers in Vietnam are in for a rare celestial treat with three spectacular astronomical events coinciding visibly in the night sky, according to the UK newspaper Mirror.

The central province of ThuaThien – Hue has so far supported 14,000 needy households in accessing preferential loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) in 2017.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport on February 8 launched construction for two flyovers with combined investment of VND746 billion (US$33 million) at two traffic congestion hotspots, one of which connects with Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

The Hanoi People’s Procuracy has completed the indictment prosecuting two Japanese men for smuggling seven golden statues through the Noi Bai International Airport.

The 15th Vietnam Poetry Day will take place in Hanoi on the 15th day of the first lunar month, which falls on February 11 this year, according to Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Literature Association Nguyen Quang Thieu.

Doctors of HCM City-based Paediatrics Hospital No.1 successfully saved the life of a two-day-old infant by removing a giant hematoma from his body.

Vandals often acted during the night, attacking old trees that many believe may have medicinal properties.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked 38 cities and provinces nationwide to promptly revise the operation of reservoirs to ensure water sources for low-lying areas in this dry season.

The Khanh Hoa Spring Newspapers Festival 2017 closed at the provincial Cultural Centre on February 7.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Heath has given the go-ahead for a plan to release over one million mosquitoes carrying the bacterium Wolbachia in Nha Trang City to establish a stable population of the dengue-neutralizing insects.

Thirteen cities and provinces nationwide are slated to have their area codes for landline numbers changed to a three-digit number from February 11.

The leading universities in Vietnam were recently announced via the Webometrics Ranking of World University by a Spanish public research body.

Police in Sam Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa, have arrested Vu Dinh Bien for allegedly smuggling 13 local workers into China.

A delegation from the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) led by Marsha Lynn Four, Vice President of the VVA, visited Vietnam.

Vietnam plans to issue electronic health security cards to its citizens verifying their right to medical services, the Government Office has said.

A Hanoi resident has recommended using a mobile application to deal with public littering in Ho Chi Minh City, a vexing problem that has yet to be solved by local authorities.

 Roughly 17 million or more than 18 percent of Vietnam’s population had not entered the health insurance programme by the end of 2016. Most are labourers, poor people and students, the Vietnam Social Insurance (VNSI) has said.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will provide public bicycle rental services on a pilot basis this year, Le Tien Dung, deputy director of the city’s Transport Department, has said.

By 2020, all state governing bodies in education and training and other educational institutions hope to perform administrative activities online. Seventy percent of meetings between state governing bodies and educational institutions are hoped to be conducted via teleconference.

The northern province of Bac Ninh celebrated 940 years of the Nhu Nguyet Victory against the Song invaders from the north with a ceremony in Yen Phong district on February 7.

Scientists have unearthed a large number of prehistoric artifacts inside volcano caves at the Krong No volcanic cave geo-park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

Only 62% of the 240,000 watercraft operating in the country are registered and quality verified, the Vietnam Register Agency has reported.

VOV.VN - The media’s performance last year and plans for this year were high on the agenda of a meeting on February 7, attended by representatives of Government and media agencies.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MOPI) has requested the Prime Minister approve a US$100 million financial aid package to help the central region deal with the consequences of natural disasters.

The central province of Quang Nam strives to have 9-10 new-style rural communes this year, raising the rate of communes achieving the status to 30-35%.