VOV.VN - A massive fire engulfed Do Xa market in Bac Ninh City at midnight on July 13, destroying all 120 stores and four kiosks at the site, with the estimated damage standing at over VND33 billion.

The People’s Court of Hanoi on July 12 sentenced three women and one man to a total 18 years in prison for illegally transporting and trading 984kg of pangolin scales, one of the largest cases of wildlife trafficking detected so far in Vietnam.

Solid household waste must be sorted and put in trash bags, according to a new Government decree.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi is speeding up COVID-19 booster vaccination for local residents and striving to complete the campaign in July amidst the recent emergence of Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 in the community.

A total of 70 rescued turtles were released back to the wild on July 12 at the Sao La Nature Reserve in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, the biggest number of the species received here so far.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien, the winner of the Miss Grand International 2021 pageant, has completed a project to build clean water wells for local residents in Angola as part of ongoing charity activities during her term.

The Ministry of Public Security is investigating nine people in seven cities and provinces for spreading rumors saying Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup, a private conglomerate, had been banned from travelling abroad.

A total of 36,537 people, including 36,363 Vietnamese, participated in the fourth week of an online quiz on the history of Vietnam-Laos special relations from 4pm on July 4 to 3pm on July 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has drastically implemented its commitments at the recent 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) and made initial progress, says a Government official.

Vietnam has successfully controlled the rapid population growth, maintained a reasonable population size, and kept the total replacement fertility rate for nearly 15 years, as results of population work over the past six decades.

Cloud computing services, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G technology, fixed broadband internet, and blockchain technology are expected to lead the information technology and telecommunications sector in the time ahead, according to a recent survey.

VOV.VN - The number of dengue fever cases is likely to increase with break outs on a large scale highly possible if drastic measures to prevent and control the epidemic are not swiftly put in place, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,680 cars converged on the northern port city of Hai Phong on July 9 to form the largest map of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN+ Police Band Concert 2022 took place in Hanoi on July 9, bringing police music bands from ASEAN member sttes and those from Japan and China.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese students have won two gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals and six consolation prizes, ranking fourth overall at the Indonesia International Mathematics Competition 2022 (IIMC 2022).

Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat and representatives from some UNESCO member countries exchanged views on the role of basic sciences in policy-making at a high-level seminar in Paris on July 8.

Vietnam-based edTech platform Azota has raised US$2.4 million in a Pre-Series A round led by GGV Capital, a global venture capital firm that invests in local founders.

VOV.VN - After two years of postponement due to COVID-19, the Vietnam Summer Camp 2022 for young overseas Vietnamese will be held from July 19 to August 3 by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

More than 86.8 million people, or 88.99% of the population, had been covered with health insurance by the end of June, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

VOV.VN - A huge number of local people residing in Ho Chi Minh City have flocked to health centres to be vaccinated after the city recorded first COVID-19 infections caused by the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages.

TikTok took down more than 2.4 million videos containing content that violates its regulations in the Vietnamese market in the first quarter of 2022.

The shortage of coders, which is at a red alert stage, could hinder the development of Vietnamese game production firms.

VOV.VN - Health officials in Ho Chi Minh City are considering reopening field hospitals to receive and treat coronavirus patients following the emergence of new subvariants of the Omicron variant – BA.4 and BA.5 – in the city.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on July 6 presented a "For the Cause of Natural Resources and Environment" insignia to British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward in recognition of his contributions to the sector.

VOV.VN - A score of measures have been put in place to protect and support Vietnamese citizens facing difficulties in Cambodia, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said at a routine press briefing on July 7.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thi Hoang Duong has become the first local scientist to win Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2022, with the awards ceremony taking place on July 5 at the Advanced Training Center of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg in Germany.

VOV.VN - Health experts based in the capital are growing increasingly concerned over the recent rise in influenza A cases following a sharp increase in hospitalised patients.

VOV.VN - The nation ranks second in Southeast Asia and third in Asia in terms of consumption of alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine, the Ministry of Information and Communications said in a recent conference.

The New Zealand Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the country’s fruit exporters on July 6 presented 500 fruit boxes for charitable organisations for children and women in the city and Hanoi.

A knowledge contest on Vietnam’s seas and islands and a virtual reality exhibition with the theme of “To quoc ben bo song” (Fatherland by the waves) was launched in Hanoi on July 6.