VOV.VN -Four construction workers were injured on January 11 in a sudden scaffold collapse right after they completed the construction of concrete roof of  Luxury Apartment in the central city of Danang.

A suitcase left by a tourist from the UK on the Da Nang – Saigon SE7 train on January 10 was returned to him one day later with all his posessions intact.

VOV.VN - On January 11, a large fire occurred at an auto part warehouse of Suzuki Vietnam at Long Binh industrial park, Bien Hoa city in the southern province of Dong Nai, causing huge damage.

A new coat of whitewash applied to an 11th-century temple that hosted Vietnam’s first university has caused a stir amongst locals who preferred its previously weather-beaten look.

The city has been under a thick blanket of fog this week, with a strong cold spell set to bring the mercury down soon.

The International Labor Organization believes Vietnam has a system of fairly progressive policies to protect working mothers.

In the early 1960s, a young ornithologist successfully persuaded Vietnam’s top leaders, including its founding president, Ho Chi Minh, to designate a tract of land near the capital as the country’s first national park.

Seven more bus rapid transit (BRT) routes will be launched in Hanoi over the next 13 years in order to realise the target of eight BRT routes as set-out in the capital city’s master plan on transport until 2030.

The 1827 map depicts Vietnam’s central coastline with the offshore Paracel Islands clearly shown.

Bomb removal group PeaceTrees has safely removed the bomb found in Quang Tri Province.

Over 90% of Vietnamese suffer from dental disease and 85% of Vietnamese children have tooth decay, according to the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology.

The Trade Union of the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority is set to organise various activities to help workers celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year) this month.

The Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Finance to allocate over 10,400 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for 12 localities to help the needy on the occasion of the lunar New Year festival.

The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam reported that the inspection sector discovered economic irregularities involving more than VND59.4 trillion and 4,000ha of land in 2016.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is offering students a short-term holiday work stint that is exciting and full of promise, providing them a rewarding experience working in the vibrant city over the TET holidays.

A workshop was held in Can Tho city on January 10 to seek measures to conserve water for agriculture and daily use in the Mekong Delta given the severe drought and saltwater intrusion.

VOV.VN - Economies in Vietnam and the other nine countries that comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) could conceivably see a bonanza of new jobs in 2017 and beyond, say many leading economists.

VOV.VN - The remains of 16 Vietnamese soldiers killed in the Vietnam-US War were received on January 11 in Dien Bien Province with the usual military honours, according to provincial authorities. 

VOV.VN - Ancient apricot trees in different shapes are taken care by artistic florists in HCM City and put up for sale at prices ranging from VND100 million to VND800 million for the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival.  

 Projects which fail to meet waste treatment requirements would be rejected, and completed projects would only be put into operation when their treatment of waste water treatment met environmental standards, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has stressed.

HCM City officials have asked telecommunications companies to redesign or replace more than 5,000 base transceiver stations (BTSs) located on top of houses and other buildings. 

Members of the 14th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee asked for measures to prevent planning overlap and wastefulness while discussing the draft Law on Planning at their on-going sixth session on January 10.

Total debt for basic construction in the new-style rural area building programme was reduced to about VND9.55 trillion (US$434 million) at the end of 2016 from over VND15.27 trillion (US$694 million) early last year, according to the Central Steering Committee for National Target Programmes.

Tens of thousands of posts have been removed in recent years in an effort to make the government leaner.

The revised law would cut the time mothers have to care for their new-borns.

Many new facilities have already broken down while the dedicated lanes are occupied by other vehicles.

There was a sharp increase in the recruitment demands for senior and mid-level managers in Vietnam in 2016 while new industries have been forecast to emerge in 2017, according to a recent report.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has announced specific routes for vehicles traveling into and out of the metropolis in a bid to reduce traffic congestion ahead of the Lunar New Year.

Urbanization in Vietnam has been growing beyond forecast due to a lack of control, many experts warned at a workshop that sought for the sustainability of the planning and resilience for the country’s urban areas in Hanoi on January 10.

2,223 sets of martyrs’ remains were found and reburied  in 2016, together with three collective martyrs’ graves, fulfilling 74% of the set target for the year, reported the National Steering Committee for Search and Collection of Martyrs’ Remains during a conference in Hanoi on January 10.