Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La on May 16 arrested two people accused of trafficking 16 kilograms of opium.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thị Kim Tien has sent a document asking the Ministry of Public Security to ensure the safety of hospitals throughout the country.

20 of Vietnam and Australia’s brightest young leaders representing the arts, finance, technology, philanthropy, business, start-up, education and healthcare industries have converged in Sydney, sharing ideas and innovation for the inaugural ​Australia-Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue (AVYLD).

The spread of WannaCry ransomware has been wreaking havoc in nearly 100 countries across the world since May 13. Aware of its danger and high affectability, Vietnamese businesses and agencies have taken various protection measures to guard against the ransomeware.

Since its opening on May 1st, the Dec. 19 book street has been filled with bookworms. However, the street still needs efforts to turn it into a favourite venue of Hanoians and visitors.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung urged has localities in the Mekong Delta to devise measures to cope with landslides in the context of climate change. 

 Authorities of Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang province and Vietnam’s Military Zone 9 held a ceremony to repatriate remains of 24 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia on May 16. 

More than 30 Vietnamese and foreign researchers in environment, information technology and energy gathered at a conference in the Mekong city of Can Tho on May 15 to develop research programmes on ensuring sustainable and safe energy resources for Vietnam.

Vietnamese exhibitors are taking part in the 11th Asian Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX ASIA 2017) at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, which opened on May 16.

The staff of the Children Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City have raised about VND100 million (US$4,409) to cover the treatment for Sock Ly Hua, a six-year-old Cambodian from a poor family, who is suffering from acute renal failure.

A solemn commemoration ceremony was held for 16 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts, who laid down their life in Laos during wartime, at the Hue martyr cemetery in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on May 16.

VOV.VN - 45 scientific and technological inventions and applications of Vietnamese scientists and businesses were honoured by the Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) at a May 16 ceremony in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - How to assist ethnic minority people’s startups was discussed at a forum jointly organized on May 16 in Hanoi by the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the World Bank (WB).

The spread of WannaCry ransomware has been wreaking havoc across the world since May 12, and several Vietnamese businesses and agencies are advised to take cautions.

Draft plans to manage and operate the aviation security force at airports in Vietnam have been submitted by the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to the Ministry of Transport for consideration.

Authorities of central province of Nghe An have provided to the press detailed information on the May 15 arrest of Hoang Duc Binh, born 1983, a resident of Hung Trung commune, Hung Nguyen district, and incidents related to Binh. 

The south central province of Khanh Hoa has provided local fishermen with more than VND440 billion (US$19.4 million) so far this year to support their offshore fishing activities.

VOV.VN - Leaders of the Voice of Vietnam and the Chinese Guangxi Radio and Television Information Network Corp Ltd met in Hanoi today (May 16) to boost cooperation between the two media giants to higher levels.

VOV.VN - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$155 million in financing to strengthen the research, teaching, and institutional capacity of three autonomous universities and improve the management of Vietnam’s higher education system.

Three Vietnamese fishermen working on Singapore’s Le Tong Patriot ship received emergency aid at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) after they suffered severe burns from a fire on board on May 6.

The Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) began a new system of collecting tolls using smart cards on the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway, which connects HCM City and Dong Nai province, on May 15.    

The police of the central province of Nghe An on May 15 arrested Hoang Duc Binh for resisting on-duty officials and abusing democratic rights and freedom to infringe upon the interests of the State and the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and citizens.

Some 80% of construction landfills along the capital city’s riverbanks are operating without licences, according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has shared the database of 24 million households buying health insurance with the Ministry of Health, a move aimed to better health insurance management and health care activities.

The Prime Minister has issued a national action plan for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which adopted at the UN Summit in New York, the US, in September, 2016. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Vietnam-Japan University to become an international standard research university, focusing on training highly-qualified human resources for society.

The northern province of Thai Nguyen will splash out VND5.1 trillion (US$224.7 million) on its sustainable poverty reduction programme.

Millions of fishermen are exposed to the risk of accidents because of an unsafe work environment.

The Australian Government is sponsoring a training programme for leaders and officials of Da Nang to enhance their English language and intercultural communication skills to contribute to a successful APEC year in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has graduated from Webster University in the US with honours, reports the Zing Online newspaper.