The Department of Transport in the central Vietnamese city of Danang has unveiled its official Facebook page intended to receive feedback and reports from local residents on traffic situations.

An argument between two former friends led to a murder that made headlines two years ago.

Vietnam is expected to produce six-in-one vaccines in 2017 or 2018 and by 2020 these will be used widely in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.  

A network of thousands of outstanding Vietnamese individuals living in foreign countries world-wide, is expected to be set up following a project newly kicked off by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The People’s Committee of central Quang Nam province has urged all departments and localities to help local residents enjoy the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

A symposium was held in Hanoi on January 5 to review 50 years of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and their implementation in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A get-together was held on January 5 in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 38th anniversary of the victory in the southwestern border defence war and the joint victory of Vietnam and Cambodia over the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime (January 7).

The 2017 national press award on the fight and prevention of corruption and wastefulness has been launched by the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee. 

VOV.VN - From National Assembly elections to trade to the East Sea dispute: it’s been a turbulent year. Following, VOV looks at some of 2016’s top news events and most striking photographs.

The issuance of a national plan to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change and the completion of maps of the Vietnam-Laos borderline are among outstanding events relating to natural resources and environment in 2016.

VOV.VN - The sailors stationed on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands have begun to decorate their work and living areas and everything is beginning to take on a festive, homelike atmosphere.

VOV.VN - When thinking about Quang Ninh Province ‘idyllic’ is not a tourism attribute that typically would come to mind, say tourism officials.

Nguyen Van Phuong, Vice Chairman of the Thua Thien – Hue People’s Committee, ordered that the first phase payment of compensation to residents affected by the marine environmental accident should be completed before the Lunar New Year (Tet), which is due to fall on January 27.

'Just propose those projects to me, no matter how bad it is,' Nguyen Ha Dong writes on Facebook.

The Red Sunday programme will take place across 25 provinces and cities nationwide this year, with 40 blood donation events scheduled.

Military Hospital 175, based in Ho Chi Minh City, and the Singapore General Hospital are carrying out joint activities as part of their cooperation programme.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted the crucial contribution of science and technology to the national socio-economic development at a national conference organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

While population growth has slowed, the country is grappling with a slew of problems, including gender imbalance and an aging workforce.

Ho Chi Minh City aims to move all poor and near-poor households out of poverty by 2020. 

It is accepted by everyone that children need plenty of regular physical exercise, but parents in major cities are not doing enough to ensure this, experts say.

Police in Danang recently announced that they will begin fining traffic violators using footage captured by nine newly-installed surveillance cameras in the city.

15,300 cars have joined the popular ride-hailing services since their debut in 2014, aggravating Saigon's traffic woes.

She cheated 100 jobseekers from the impoverished central region out of more than US$80,000.

Bringing the cap to 600 hours a year will allow employers to exhaust their workers and cut back hiring, it says.

The Vietnamese agency in charge of overseeing mass media content has decided to fine three news outlets for publishing stories in favor of an entertainer convicted of child molestation in the US late last year.

Twelve provinces across Vietnam have requested emergency rice supply from the central government in order to assist disaster-struck residents ahead of the Lunar New Year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Health to inspect the observation of regulations in antibiotic prescription and use in medical facilities.

A new model that sets up satellite emergency stations in all HCM City districts has helped saved many lives, both accident victims and seriously ill patients, over the last two years.

Scientific research must follow reality’s demands, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at an online conference on science and technology with provinces and central level cities on January 4.

Stepping up water resources planning is among the core tasks the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has set for 2017, aiming to complete a national water resources planning by 2020 and others for major river basins.