Tens of black-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nigripes), an endangered species, have been spotted in Chua Chan mountain in Suoi Cat commune of Xuan Loc district, the southern province of Dong Nai.

A new report reveals that widespread frauds by both healthcare institutions and patients have cost health insurance funds some VND3 trillion (US$132 million) in the first four months of the year.

A series of scientific workshops began in Quy Nhon city in the central province of Binh Dinh on July 10, as part of the 13th Meet Vietnam programme this year.

VOV.VN - Efforts to stop mosquitoes from spreading dengue fever throughout Vietnam have failed to keep the country from one of its biggest outbreaks in decades, say some health officials.

 New President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man met religious dignitaries in Ho Chi Minh City on July 10.

VOV.VN - Emergency crews were called to a sugar mill in the hamlet of Phu Thuy in southern Ninh Thuan Province about 11am Sunday (July 9) after a fire broke out in the facilities main plant.

VOV.VN - Police in Nghe An Province say a man and a female passenger who were killed on the evening of Sunday (July 9) after he crashed his motorbike into a truck were not wearing helmets.

A woman in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue died last July 7 after being bitten by an octopus, provincial authorities said on July 9.

Compensation for residents affected by last year’s marine environmental incident in the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue has been mostly completed.

Medical experts are warning against what they see as an anti-vaccine campaign that is being waged on social media.

Torrential rain will continue in the northern mountainous region until July 15, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - A massive fire broke out in Tan Thanh border gate market in Van Lang district, the northern province of Lang Son on July 10. 

The central coastal city of Da Nang has been working to improve necessary infrastructure in preparation for the APEC Summit Week in November.

Vietnam developed 70,900 national domain names (.vn) in the first quarter of this year, equivalent to 393 domain names per day.

VOV.VN - A world most popular architecture website the Archdaily, has recently showcased a house in Tu Lien, Tay Ho, Hanoi.

Following Viettel, it is now the turn of MobiFone and VinaPhone to join the battle for 4G supremacy as they have just concurrently introduced a number of competitive price plans with slight differences for various 4G packages.

VOV.VN - Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa seized nearly three tons of elephant tusks hidden amongst boxes of fruit yesterday (July 9), the latest haul to spotlight the key role the country plays in combatting the illegal wildlife trade.

4K TV first appeared in Vietnam when SCTV showed its 4K Dolby 5.1 surround sound at the Telefilm 2017 exhibition. Later, VTC began broadcasting 4K TV programs on a trial basis.

More doctors at hospitals in provinces and districts throughout the country will receive training courses on treatment of dengue fever, as the number of cases has increased since the end of May and overcrowding continues at city and central-level hospitals.

About 934 units of blood were collected during a blood donation event held in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on July 9.

Golden Land Cambodia Group (GLCG), one of Vietnamese real estate enterprises operating in Cambodia, presented 400 gift packages to disadvantaged locals and Vietnamese expatriates living in the country at a ceremony in Phnom Penh on July 9.

An international ​conference on “The ASEAN Region and South Asia: A Melting Pot of Culture and Buddhism in Southeast Asia” is underway in HCM City until July 11, attracting Buddhist followers and scholars from 44 countries and territories worldwide.

 A graduation ceremony has been recently held for over 150 Vietnamese and Nepalese students who attended the International Course for Agriculture from 2016-2017 at Sedrot Negev Agriculture Centre (SNAC) in northern Israel.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Argentina on July 8 coordinated with the Equilibrium Global media company to organise an event promoting images of Vietnamese landscape and people in Commune 13, Argentina’s capital city of Buenos Aires. 

 The Hanoi People’s Committee has proposed regulations related to underground parking space in high-rises to the municipal People’s Council, which will be approved in a meeting in July.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to advance Official Development Assistance (ODA) capital for the Metro Line No 1 Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien to meet the project’s schedule.

Following the steps of Hanoi, Da Nang City will restrict private vehicles from certain streets in downtown areas where public transport can handle local travel demand in a bid to tackle traffic gridlock.

A Russian woman internationally wanted by Interpol for trading drugs was arrested, when hiding under the guise of a spa attendant, by local police in south-central Vietnam on July 7.

As northern Vietnam grapples with high fertility rates, the opposite problem is faced by the country’s southern provinces and cities, where more and more women are reluctant to have children.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Quang and his wife, who live in Truong Lac ward, Can Tho city, are poor but have 6 children, all of them afflicted with Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin.