The Ministry of Justice and the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) will join hands to offer legal assistance and education for women during 2018-2022.

The Public Administrative Centre in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue was officially put into use on January 5.

A get-together for Vietnamese experts, officers and soldiers who voluntarily performed international duties in Cambodia from 1979-1989 was held in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on January 5. 

Ho Chi Minh City plans to run a pilot car rental service for Government officials to reduce expenditures, according to Vo Van Hoan, spokesperson for the municipal People’s Committee.

Nearly two years after the 2016 Formosa toxic spill, fishermen in the coastal province of Quang Tri are slowly returning to the sea or finding alternative livelihoods.

VOV.VN - The Police Department for the Investigation of Drug-Related Crimes (PC 47) in Ho Chi Minh City said on January 5 that they had arrested Nguyen Van Toan 41 (commonly known as Tung), as he was in the process of transporting 13,000 ecstasy pills and 0.5kg of Ketamine.

VOV.VN - There were 21 explosions reported in Vietnam in 2017, claiming 11 lives and causing property damage in excess of VND4 billion, according to the Vietnam Fire and Rescue Police Department.

At the end of the school day, students at The Sacred Heart in Ho Chi Minh City often dash home without taking the time to change their uniforms or even take a shower so they can help their parents sell lottery tickets or cassava.

The 39th anniversary of Cambodia’s victory over the Pol Pot genocidal regime was marked in Ho Chi Minh City on January 5.

2017 was an eventful year for international cooperation at the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF), helping the centre improve its severe weather forecasting capacity and heighten its role in natural disaster prevention and mitigation globally.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has announced the top 10 events of the sector in 2017 as follow:

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support the construction of 300 houses in the central provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Quang Nam, which were seriously affected by typhoon Damrey in 2017.

People in temporary custody or detention are now allowed to read scriptures and express their religious beliefs, according to a decree recently issued by the Government.

You want to change VND100,000 into smaller denominations, so you pay VND150,000, a 150% commission or “service charge.”

A recent audit on road maintenance funds conducted by the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) has revealed loopholes in their collection and expenditure, raising questions over the transparency of the fund’s management.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Security Investigation Agency received and arrested fugitive Phan Van Anh Vu on January 4 after he was deported from Singapore.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) must enhance inspections and join hands with relevant agencies to ensure transparency and prevent health insurance fraud, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a meeting with the VSS on January 4.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has been under a blanket of fog for the past three days, causing difficulties for traffic and local people going about their daily lives.

The People’s Court of Hanoi on January 3 sentenced two people to death and six to life imprisonment for smuggling drugs between the northern mountainous province of Son La and Hanoi.

The prevention and treatment of winter-spring diseases should be implemented effectively and synchronically, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said at a teleconference on January 4. 

Although hundreds of thousands of university graduates fail to secure jobs, students and their families still hope to attend university at any cost, leaving vocational schools struggling to attract enough students to operate.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre’s Con Bung area in Thanh Hai commune, Thanh Phu district has suffered from serious erosion that causes heavy land loss and seriously affects the living conditions and production of locals. 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has celebrated the opening of an exciting new chapter in Thailand’s dynamic culinary evolution with the launch of the first Michelin Guide Bangkok.

As ASEAN celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, Thailand has launched a pocketbook titled "Experience Thailand and More,” with an emphasis on four key experiences that enhance its ASEAN Connectivity initiative with new destination combinations.

Storm Bolaven has weakened into a tropical pressure system after moving into the waters west of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on early January 4, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. 

The Ministry of Health has announced the top ten events of Vietnam’s medical sector in 2017 as follows:

The investigation police agency of Bac Ninh police department has decided to start criminal proceedings against the case of a recent explosion in the northern province that killed at least two children and injured nine people on January 3 morning in Van Mon commune, Yen Phong district.

The Ministry of Transport needs to come up with a plan to solve all problems related to BOT (build-operate-transfer) road toll stations nationwide this year, while issues of overloaded trucks and traffic safety are also in need of urgent attention.

Support for people affected by the marine environment incident in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue in early 2016 will be expanded under a recent decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

People employing under-16-year-old workers can receive an administrative fine or up to 12 years’ imprisonment depending on the level of violations.