VOV.VN - A tractor-trailer rear ended another truck on the Hanoi-Bac Giang Highway in northeast Vietnam last night (July 5) causing a multi vehicle pileup that sent a policeman to the hospital with life threatening injuries.

Vietnam’s Government Office has ordered the trade ministry to review the punishment handed down to a consumer group behind a survey that falsely reported toxic arsenic levels in local fish sauce last year, saying that just rebuking its top official was “not strict enough”.

These used to be bleak concrete roads. Now flowers blossom around the year along the two sides of roads in the rural district of Hai Hau in the northern province of Nam Dinh.

Vietnam will protect and promote rights of the elderly at regional and global level, Ambassador and deputy permanent representative of the Vietnam mission to the United Nations (UN) Pham Thi Kim Anh has affirmed. 

Vehicle owners in Vietnam will soon be able to buy their favourite registration plates via auctions, with a pilot programme launching in five major cities, namely Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hai Phong and Can Tho.

 My Duc district’s Police in Hanoi have announced they were prosecuting 14 former officials of the district and of Dong Tam commune.

The level of fluoride residue found in water used for kidney dialysis in Hoa Binh General Hospital, where eight patients died recently, was high enough to cause fatalities, said medical experts.

Ho Chi Minh City needs to monitor infectious diseases and take measures to prevent cross-infections, avoiding a large-scale outbreak, a health official has said.

The lack of a master plan has been blamed for Vietnam having to import up to 80% of its processed pharmaceutical materials although the country has an abundant source of pharmaceutical materials and was one of top exporters of raw pharmaceutical materials in the 1980s.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Germany right after his arrival in Berlin on July 5 evening.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has reaffirmed its stance that the ‘environmental protection’ tax on fuel should be capped at VND8,000 a liter, apparently turning a deaf ear to local experts and members of the public.

VOV.VN - An opening ceremony for activities marking the 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties and 40 years of Vietnam-Laos Friendship and Cooperation was held in the northern province of Son La on July 5.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are now uncertain about how to mobilize capital for major anti-flooding projects after the World Bank ended its official development assistance (ODA) last month.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines has unveiled that it has officially replaced it antiquated manual online survey scheme with the launch of an all-new online digital survey program aimed at improving customer service.

Site support groups (SSGs) have been set up in Vietnam by BirdLife International since 2002, proving effective in conserving important bird areas (IBAs) of the country.

Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou met with Lao students who are studying in the northern province of Son La on July 5.

Handicapped teacher Nguyen Ngoc Ky has released a new autobiography in HCM City.

VOV.VN - A team of three RMIT Vietnam students has just finished in second place at the finals of the Accor Hotels – Take Off! 2017 – competition in Paris, France.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam government envisions achieving sustainable development by linking the country to global supply chains and increasing commercial trade in its quest to attain the status of a modern manufacturing economy.

Hanoi legislators on July 4 overwhelmingly approved a proposal to ban motorbikes from the city center from 2030 to reduce traffic congestion, despite strong opposition from transport experts and the public.

In a bid to tackle unemployment at home, Vietnam's labor ministry is drafting a plan to send skilled workers to work overseas between 2018 and 2025.

VOV.VN - Serious landslides have occurred in Hoang Lien Son mountain pass, part of National Highway 4D in recent days after torrential rains and floods, causing severe traffic congestion. 

Nearly 9,600 traffic accidents resulting in 4,134 deaths and 8,000 injuries were reported in Vietnam in the first half of this year.

Fulbright Everest Launchpad, a free English teaching programme for 40 11th and 12th graders around the country started on July 3.

The instability of virtual currencies and price increases of computer components have forced many bitcoin miners to sell mining machines to get money back. 

The Nam Cuong Corporation, the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and Italy's group EGO International, will build an astronomy park in Hanoi, a representative from Nam Cuong announced at July 4 press conference introducing the astronomy park.

Dr Ta Tuyet Mai, a physician at the Gia Dinh People’s Hospital, has created a high-protein formula milk used for seriously ill patients. 

Vietnam’s immigration agency recently launched a website where domestic organizations and businesses can apply for visas for their foreign guests to visit the country.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has launched an online information-sharing platform, allowing commuters to monitor traffic in real time and report congestion or other infrastructure incidents to authorities via their smartphones.

VOV.VN - The Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) Consortium has unveiled the launch of commercial services on the 25,000-km AAE-1 submarine cable system, which links Europe to the Far East.