VOV.VN - The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) said on June 18 that they have broken up a major transnational drug trafficking ring operating from Laos to Hanoi and several northern provinces, detaining 16 suspects and seizing a total of 81.5kg of drugs of various kinds.

Vietnam Airlines has inaugurated a route between Vietnam and the Philippines, making it the first Vietnamese carrier to establish a direct connection to the island nation.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Tourism has been organising a stimulus scheme for Hanoians and tourists in order to allow them to experience services at four and five- star hotels located in the capital.

VOV.VN - The second Hanoi autumn festival is scheduled to take place at dedicated areas around Hoan Kiem (Returned Sword) Lake from September 12 to September 15, aiming to promote both the capital’s autumn destinations and tourism products.

Forty direct business meetings were organised between a delegation of Korean companies from the Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency (KISTA) and the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) with Vietnamese importers on June 12.

Hanoi Eye Hospital 2 on June 13 became the first private hospital in Vietnam to launch a tissue bank and establish a branch for promoting human tissue and organ donation.

The Hanoi People's Committee will organise a conference to open up a dialogue with foreign investment enterprises in August this year.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will convene its 34th session in Hanoi from June 11-13, announced the NA Office.

VOV.VN - The early morning of June 10 saw residents of Hanoi rush to local markets to buy popular items for the Đoan Ngọ Festival, commonly called “Tết giết sâu bọ” (pest-killing festival), which is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

The Hanoi Department of Transport's proposal to pilot a smart traffic system in the capital in the last half of the year has been approved, as part of the city's broader effort to gradually develop a smart transport network within its smart city framework.