VOV.VN - Prolonged heavy rain in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau over the past few days has triggered landslides in Than Uyen district, killing four locals and injuring three others.

VOV.VN - Heavy rain is expected to lash large parts of the northern region of Vietnam from June 12-15, helping to reduce droughts and water shortages in hydropower plants in the region.

Hydroelectric reservoirs' water levels are lower than annual averages, according to a May 10 report from Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), and 10 are either close to or under the 'dead level'.

The water level of Tri An hydropower reservoir, the largest of its kind in the southern region, has dropped to “dead level” due to a prolonged dry season and El Niño phenomena.

VOV.VN - Five people have been feared dead after their helicopter crashed in the waters between Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province in northern Vietnam, on April 5.

VOV.VN - The rescue mission led by the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security successfully pulled out three dead bodies from the rubble of collapsed buildings on February 12 during the second day of their ongoing rescue operation in Turkey.

The number of human organ trafficking crimes has risen with increasingly sophisticated tricks and techniques, triggered by high demand and low rate of donation from dead brain donors, according to local authorities.

VOV.VN - Acting State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on February 6 cabled a telegram to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over recent large earthquakes, leaving many people dead and injured.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh planted a tree at K9-Da Chong relic complex in Hanoi’s Ba Vi district on January 27 or the seventh day of the lunar New Year, kick-starting the national tree planting festival.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 22 extended condolences to Indonesian President Joko Widodo over the deadly earthquake in West Java.