VOV.VN - Roads are now the biggest killer of people in the country, with road traffic deaths reaching epidemic proportions, killing 24 and injuring another 60 every day, according to Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh.

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi is buzzing with holiday events in December, but for many Hanoians, there’s nothing better than exploring the winter foliage, bursting with vibrant colour of the tropical almond tree.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has called on businesses, individuals and the community to join the Government in enhancing social security.

Vietnam accounts for 87 of the 163 new species of animals and plants discovered in the Greater Mekong region, according to a report released early this week by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

VOV.VN - Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) has granted Toyota scholarships 2016 worth VND700 million to 115 outstanding students majoring in the technical, mechanical and environmental studies from 16 universities nationwide. 

In a break from tradition, top Communist Party and State leaders will not take any official visit trips to cities and provinces during the coming Lunar New Year, or Tet, holiday.

Cleaning skyscraper windows is not a job for the faint-hearted.

Hanoi authorities extended Christmas greetings to parishioners in the city on December 20.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities will provide free train and bus tickets as well as gifts for workers and students to go home for Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Prof. Dr. Pham Van Thuc, Rector of the Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, has become the first Vietnamese people to receive the “academician” title at the French National Academy of Medicine.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested the authorities of the central province of Binh Dinh to urgently support residents in rebuilding houses and repairing those on the verge of collapse.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) held a seminar in Hanoi on December 21 discussing the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its implementation in Vietnam. 

The Binh Duong southern industrial hub has devised a working plan to implement its programme on preventing and minimising child labour for the 2017-2020 period.

Vietnam’s defence attaché agency in Laos held a ceremony in Vientiane on December 20 to mark the 72nd founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22, 1944).

VOV.VN -Public security forces uncovered 42,558 criminal cases and arrested 80,210 offenders this year, the Ministry of Public Security told a press conference in Hanoi on December 21.

VOV.VN - On December 21, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected post-flood clean-up activities in An Xuyen hamlet, Phu My district, Binh Dinh province.

The Institute for Nanotechnology-Vietnam National University HCM City said on December 20 that it has made a system to automatically monitor salinity in rivers in the Mekong Delta and set off an alarm if the level is too high.

The Ministry of Health has given the green light to Hospital E in Hanoi to open four hi-tech centres to meet patient demand.

The Vietnam Fatherland Committee in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 20 held an international conference to highlight the importance of people-to-people and cultural diplomacy as well as the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community to the city’s growth.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment for official development assistance funds to build its metro line No 3A from Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Binh Chanh district’s Tan Kien commune.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) is striving to provide at least one million gifts for needy people on the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), VRCS Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu stated at a fund-raising event in Hanoi on December 20.

VOV.VN - Former Miss Ethnic Vietnam, Truong Thi May, looked absolutely elegant while arriving at a charity dinner on December 20 for the Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Streets, commercial centres, churches and entertainment places in the capital city are beautifully decorated with lights, Christmas trees, reindeers and decorations to welcome upcoming Christmas.

The department for external affairs in the north central province of Thanh Hoa on December 20 held a conference to call for international non-governmental funding.

Car drivers in HCMC may be required to pay a small toll to enter districts 1, 3, 5 and 10 next year.

Days of unseasonably torrential rains have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, authorities said on December 20, inundating swathes of the region including the tourist draw town of Hoi An.

Drivers of cars might have to pay a fee to be able to enter downtown Ho Chi Minh City in the near future, according to a new plan aimed at alleviating traffic jams.

The final phases of the construction of Vietnam’s first observatory are being carried out in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa in preparation for its inauguration next year.

Deadly floods, which killed at least 24 people in the central region the past week, left depressing scenes in their wake.

The first-ever bus rapid transit (BRT) in Hanoi will offer free rides for one month after its inauguration on New Year’s Day, as local authorities seek to familiarize city dwellers with the new means of getting around.