VOV.VN - Vietnam’s railway authorities have temporarily suspended train services across Hanoi’s Long Bien Bridge after a steel connection plate in the bridge’s structure fractured, raising safety concerns on the 124-year-old landmark.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued Official Dispatch No. 10/CD-TTg, urging ministries, agencies and local authorities to intensify transport arrangements and strengthen traffic order and safety during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and the 2026 spring festival season.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered relevant ministries and localities to take urgent measures to ease bottlenecks in customs clearance of food and other goods, following reports of congestion linked to the implementation of new food safety regulations.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has ordered provincial health departments to step up measures to prevent food poisoning ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and the 2026 spring festival season.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MoAE) has ordered nationwide measures to tighten food safety controls, stabilise prices and prevent garbage backlogs ahead of the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet), citing rising consumption and environmental risks during the holiday period.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam on January 27 visited and chaired a meeting to extend early Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to coal miners in Quang Ninh province, during his working trip to the locality. Vietnamese people will have nine days off work, starting February 14, 2026, to celebrate the Lunar New Year o

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has issued an urgent warning over Aptamil infant formula following a recall linked to the risk of contamination with cereulide, a toxin produced by the bacterium Bacillus cereus that may cause serious health risks to infants and young children.

VOV.VN - Authorities of Hanoi are stepping up food safety inspections ahead of the Lunar New Year 2026, as demand for food rises sharply and concerns grow over unsafe and untraceable products.

More than 8 million students, teachers and parents nationwide have gained essential knowledge and skills on online safety through training programmes, extracurricular activities and innovative learning formats under the “Not Alone – Together for Online Safety” Campaign.

The Hanoi People’s Court is set to open a first-instance trial of 55 defendants, of whom 34 are currently in custody, in a bribery case involving the Food Safety Authority (VFA) under the Ministry of Health on January 5 morning.