Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to suspend all titanium-mining projects in the central province of Ninh Thuan to avoid negative environmental impacts and save the tourism industry in the province.

A temporary bridge costing VND4.5 billion (US$193,500) will be built along a section of the Noi Bai – Lao Cai Expressway in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai following a bridge collapse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam, in one month, collected fines totalling nearly VND18 billion (US$773,000) for traffic violations, reported online newspaper baotintuc.vn. 

Many district preventive health centres and ward and commune health stations in HCM City have run out of Quinvaxem vaccine for infants against five common, potentially fatal diseases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After days of heavy rain and flooding, serious erosion was discovered near Nam Mo Hydropower Plant in Nghe An Province, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

VietNamNet Bridge – Paragliding over the terraced fields of Mu Cang Chai promises to excite festival goers in the northern province of Yen Bai.

The Ministry of Health is collaborating with the World Health Organisation to monitor MERS and produce efficient solutions to prevent the disease after South Korea recorded a case on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mental health issues are widespread and increasing in Vietnam, particularly among young people, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The image of a white cloth covering dead newborn babies were shocking and vivid to Trang Tuyet Nga.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has instituted many screening programmes for diabetes and pre-diabetes as part of efforts to reduce the rate of undiagnosed diabetics and protect people from cardiometabolic disorders

Composer and music producer Nguyen Quoc Trung, who is also director of Vietnam’s biggest international music festival – Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) – has been invited to attend the on-going music business event ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ComBeFIVE vaccine is undergoing quality checks and will be delivered to injection sites next week, the Drug Administration of Viet Nam announced on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha talks with Vietnam News Agency about education on the occasion of the start of the new school year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum, speaks to Viet Nam News about the technological advances bringing new opportunities in the era of Industry 4.0.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many young people and white-collar workers in major cities, including Hanoi, HCM City and Can Tho, are physically inactive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coffee farmers in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan used to dig up to 40 metres underground to reach water in order to irrigate their crops during droughts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cantho Catfish took the Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League trophy last night.

Dr Dao Ngoc Nghiem, vice chairman of the Ha Noi Urban Planning and Development Association discussed with Kinh tế & Đô thị newspaper the future metro station located near the Hoan Kiem Lake in the centre of Hanoi.

The waste pond breakage that discharged over 45,000cu.m of mud and untreated chemical-filled wastewater in Bao Thang District of northern mountainous Lao Cai Province last week will severely affect the ecosystems of surrounding areas. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has approved aid from Dutch NGO Oxfam Novib Foundation for an ongoing project to safeguard and strengthen the rights of private garbage collectors,