A maritime security protection and anti-terrorism drill was held on August 2 in Chu Lai – Truong Hai in Nui Thanh district of Quang Nam province by the Vietnam Maritime Administration and the central province’s People’s Committee.

The Hanoi Transport Department is planning to build a digital traffic map system to serve transport management, helping ease congestion on busy routes.

Enterprises in Hanoi have implemented many concrete and practical action programmes to prevent the use of plastic bags and disposable plastic products in response to the city’s joint efforts to fight plastic waste in industrial production and consumer distribution. 

VOV.VN -Co To island has seen 307 tourists become stranded as ships were requested to pause operation on August 1 by authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

More than 80 percent of strikes in the first half of the year occurred at foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises.

The Executive Committee of the Party Organisation of northern Hoa Binh province on August 1 decided to discipline two Party members for their involvement in the national high school graduation exam cheating scandal last year.

VOV.VN -Nguyen Thanh, a 10th grader from Hanoi’s Nguyen Tat Thanh High School, has won an award voted on by audience members during the final round of the Adobe Certified Associate World Championship (ACAWC) 2019 in New York.

2021 would be the earliest that cars in Ho Chi Minh City will have to pay downtown toll, the city's Transport Department said Wednesday.  

The Vietnam Water Supply Association (VWSA) and the German Water Partnership held a forum in Hanoi on August 1 discussing water drainage development policy and service prices. 

Ho Chi Minh City’s police on August 1 embarked on a campaign to disseminate traffic rules among foreigners in the city.

Chief of Office of the Ministry of Public Security Lt. Gen. Luong Tam Quang answered reporters’ queries about the raid on a major gambling ring led by Chinese nationals in the northern city of Hai Phong during the government’s press conference in Hanoi on August 1. 

The socio-economic simulation and forecast centre of Ho Chi Minh City was inaugurated on August 1, expected to greatly help with the southern economic hub’s plan to become a smart city.

The Cat Bi airport in the northern port city of Hai Phong and Van Don airport in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh will be temporarily closed from 12:00 on August 2 to 12:00 on August 3 due to the approaching storm Wipha.   

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it will cancel five flights on the route between the northern port city of Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 due to storm Wipha, which is forecast to hit waters offshore and inland areas of northern localities from Quang Ninh to Nam Dinh on August 2 and 3.

Households in Vietnam which install rooftop solar power systems by 2021 will receive a maximum of 6 million VND (256 USD) each from the German Government through the German development bank KfW.

Scientists and business managers gathered at a conference held in the central province of Ha Tinh on August 1, sharing practical experience in promoting green growth and responding to climate change.

The 19th Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1.

A workshop titled ‘R&D, innovation and economic growth – Korean experience and lessons for Vietnam’ took place in Hanoi on August 1.

Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups are to be empowered to develop policies involving their communities. 

Experts discussed plans for Vietnam’s integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) by 2020 during a conference in Hanoi on July 31.

VOV.VN - Cities and provinces across the northern region including Quang Ninh, Haiphong, and Nam Dinh, have put in place a range of safety measures in order to deal with the incoming typhoon WIPHA.

The central city of Da Nang ranked fourth amongst the 63 cities and provinces nationwide in the national public administration reform ranking, scoring 83.7 points, the municipal People’s Committee announced on July 31.  

More than 380 Chinese nationals involved in a multimillion-dollar gambling ring in the northern port city of Hai Phong will be handed over to the Chinese side on August 1. 

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it plan to receive the first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner in early this month and become the fourth in Asia and the fifth in the world to operate the aircraft.

VOV.VN -Four Vietnamese co-working spaces have been honoured by being named the winners of the Co-worker Members’ Choice Awards 2019 for Asian cities.

The Hanoi Railway Transport JSC (Haraco), a subsidiary of Vietnam Railway (VNR), launched a North-South express freight train route to connect Hanoi’s Yen Vien station and Song Than station in southern Binh Duong province on July 31.

Ninety children of 19 ethnic minority groups in Dien Bien province gathered at the Children’s Forum jointly held by the provincial People’s Committee, the World Vision Vietnam and the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation in the northern mountainous locality on July 31.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is widely considered to be one of the leading nations for keeping up with the latest Industry 4.0 technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), said  Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy.

VOV.VN -Three people have been killed with another person seriously injured as a result of a major road traffic accident that occurred in Tuy Phong district, Binh Thuan province, between an oncoming train and a car.

Vietnam recorded 6,219 cyber attacks since the start of 2019, a year-on-year surge of 104 percent, said the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT).