A fire broke out at an apartment building on Phetchaburi road in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district on April 3, killing at least 3 people and injuring over 60 others.

The Vietnam Press Caricature Contest is open for applications again after four years of interruption.

The capital city of Hanoi will focus on wastewater treatment systems in all industrial parks by 2020 as part of its efforts to enhance environmental protection.

Japanese citizen Takahiro Nonume has a desire to make life more beautiful. And he has chosen Vietnam to carry out his mission.

A workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 2 on international experience in making and implementing policies targeting ethnic minority groups.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the organisation of a conference on promoting land concentration to serve large-scale agricultural production and agricultural industrialization and modernization. 

VOV.VN - Seven bridges funded by property developer Novaland Group have been opened to public in the district of Hong Ngu in Dong Thap province after a near five month construction period.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai wished Catholic dignitaries and followers in Hanoi a merry Easter holiday when visiting Archbishop of the Hanoi Archdiocese Cardinal Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon on April 2.

A Vietnamese language course targeting 80 children from Vietnam – Republic of Korea (RoK) families opened at the Seoul Woman Plaza in Seoul on April 1. 

A training course on professional skills for journalists and reporters of centrally-run press agencies and localities of Laos opened in the capital city of Vientiane on April 2. 

VOV.VN - Chubb Life Vietnam Insurance Company has presented a new kindergarten school to Duy Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, central Quang Binh province.

VOV.VN - A truck driver was seriously injured in a collision as the vehicle he was driving was hit by the SE5 train running on the north-south railway route at 9.20am on April 2. 

The recent visits to France and Cuba by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong created new momentum to promote cooperation in science and technology.

VOV.VN - Several fatally destructive fires have caused huge property damage and losses of life across the country over the week.

VOV.VN -Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy took part in the 42-km Ha Long Bay Marathon 2018, themed "Sports bring better lives", on April 1.

The Foreign Office, Government Public Relations Department (PRD), organized a two-day study trip for foreign correspondents to observe migrant worker administration, under the topic of "The Situation of Migrant Workers in Thailand.”

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) and the Young Communist League (UJC) of Cuba signed an agreement to boost cooperation activities during the State visit to Cuba from March 28-30 by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to rename the “Vi Truong Sa than yeu” (For beloved Truong Sa) fund as “Fund for Vietnam sea, island”.

The M-Score project, a pilot model to gather public opinions on the quality of public services at one-stop-shop offices via mobile phones, was reviewed at a recent seminar in the central province of Quang Binh. 

Vietnam recorded 4,674 traffic accidents that killed 2,149 people and injured 3,627 others in the first quarter this year, reported the National Traffic Safety Committee during a teleconference in Hanoi at the end of March. 

Gerard Gastel from France is busy preparing his kiosk at the Ecosunday weekend market, Ecopark residential area, about 18 km from downtown Hanoi.

Vietjet offers more than a half of million tickets priced from only 0 VND on some flights to Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia during three golden days from April 4 2018 to celebrate the Songkran Festival.

Nearly 1,000 Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian students joined in a get-together at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Law (UEL) on April 1 to celebrate the Lao Bun Pi May festival and the Cambodian Chol Chnam Thmay festival.

Social mobility in Vietnam is lagging behind its economic growth over the last decade, as the country’s poor still lack access to learn new skills and gain better jobs.

Police of northern Quang Ninh province on March 31 announced on the crackdown of a drug trafficking ring using foreign-registered car to transport heroin in Vietnam.

Over the last there years, Oxfam and the Budget Transparency, Accountability and Participation (BTAP) Alliance in Vietnam, through the EU-funded project, have supported their partners in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh and Quang Tri to perform initiatives for improving the efficiency of State budget management. 

Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh discussed bilateral ties in judicial affairs with Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Russia Yyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev at a working session in Moscow that took place during the former’s working visit to Russia from March 28-31. 

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway line, the first of its kind in the capital city of Hanoi, will start its test run on September 2, the project management board said on March 30.

VOV.VN - 2017 is the 9th consecutive year Da Nang has topped the Vietnam ICT Index, which ranks cities on their readiness for information and communications technology development and application.

VOV.VN - Vu Dai (or Dai Hoang) village in Hoa Hau commune, Ha Nam province, about 100km from Hanoi, is famous for its braised fish, king bananas, and textiles. It is the home of martyr and writer of Vietnamese realism Nam Cao.