If you’ve always fancied a trip to Ha Long Bay but are not a fan of road travel, a new option is floating in the distance.

As many as 35 different suggestions to tackle traffic congestion in Ho Chi Minh City were put forward at a meeting on Friday, attracting debates and arguments from around 50 local scientists, experts and officials.

A memorial site dedicated to 64 naval soldiers killed in the battle to defend Gac Ma island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago was inaugurated at a ceremony in Cam Hai Dong commune, Cam Lam district of the central province of Khanh Hoa on July 15.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh spoke highly of the role of the Vietnamese community in Singapore in connecting the two countries during a visit to the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore on July 15.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to Heroic Mothers and war invalids in the central city of Da Nang on July 15, on the occasion of the 70th War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

The central province of Thanh Hoa will provide US$8 million during 2017-2020 to help the Lao province of Houaphanh build transport, cultural and educational facilities in order to strengthen the two localities’ close diplomatic and cooperative relations.

VOV.VN - A 24-year-old man died on the spot after a speeding garbage truck rammed into his motorbike in the city of Phan Thiet in Binh Thuan Province on the evening of Friday (July 14), reported Zing Online Newspaper.

The Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion (CSIP) and the Vietnam Club for Management and Start-up on July 14 launched a programme in HCM City dubbed En Xanh (Green Swallow) 2017 to honour social business initiatives.

The sixth ASEAN Plus Three Junior Science Odyssey (APT JSO-6) wrapped up in Hanoi on July 14.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam News Agency reports that 13 residents of the northern province of Son La remain hospitalized in critical condition after they consumed wild deadly mushrooms on the evening of Friday (July 14).

VOV.VN - A tropical low-pressure system is likely to hit central and northern Vietnam this weekend, bringing heavy rains and high winds.

The National Satellite Center, which regulates activities related to space and satellite, will be renamed Vietnam Space Center on July 17. 

Hanoi’s Department of Information and Communications hosted a conference on July 14 to launch online public services at level 3 and 4.

The quality of the marine environment in the central region becomes stable, meeting safety requirements for aquaculture, tourism and conservation of aquatic animals and plants, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has adopted a project on improving the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change-related impacts. 

Hundreds of parents have joined lucky draws to get a place for their kids at State-owned pre-schools, especially in Hanoi’s new urban areas, due to the severe shortage of public facilities there.

Major challenges facing the Mekong Delta remain climate change and natural disasters, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong told a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 14. 

VOV.VN -Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has launched a specialized traffic radio channel serving the Mekong region on FM 90 MHz. 

A consultation workshop to evaluate and analyse Vietnam’s legal framework and give feedback to measures to fight child sexual exploitation in tourism and travel, took place in Hanoi on July 14.

Medical equipment and machinery used in hospitals across Vietnam require significant upgrades, and the management for these expensive devices is currently lacking.

Vietnam came fourth in the number of students studying in Australia by the end of March, according to a report by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.

The Bach Ma National Park has been selected as the site for the world’s only breeding centre for the saola, the extremely elusive forest-dwelling bovine only found in the forests of Vietnam and Laos.

VOV.VN - A man was killed on the morning of July 14 in a collision involving a truck and a passenger car on National Highway 1 in the northern province of Nam Dinh, reported the Zing online newspaper.

To many people, buying medicines from shops on Facebook is never a good idea, but others in Vietnam who believe in the ‘panacea’ offered on the social media platform have learnt the lesson the hard way.

Authorities in Quang Tri Province claim they had no knowledge of what was going on.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources on July 13 asked the People’s Committees of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue to maintain strict supervision on waste discharges from the Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued certificates indicating the homeland’s recognition of services and contributions to the nation to 498 martyrs.

Vietnamese people seem to be indifferent to physical exercise, according to a new study tracking people's activity conducted by Stanford University.

Public hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City which do not receive local funds for regular expenditures will increase fees for non-insured patients by 30% from August 1, according to the city’s Department of Health.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is taking drastic measures to prevent and control dangerous infectious diseases spurred by extreme weather conditions.