Nationwide, average temperatures in May are forecast to be one to two degrees Celsius higher than the average for this time of year.

The Court of Appeal of Paris will open a hearing in early May regarding a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against US chemical corporations that supplied Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin for the US army during the war in Vietnam.

The capital city of Hanoi has moved up three places from 2023 to reach 97th in the 2024 Smart City Index.

On April 25, Nhat Tao electronic business street in District 10’s Ward 7 was inaugurated. It stretches on Nhat Tao, Vinh Vien and Nguyen Kim roads.

A raft of measures to deal with illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is included in the Government’s freshly issued action programme.

Four people went missing after a bamboo boat capsized on Chanh river in Quang Yen Town in the northern province of Quang Ninh on the early morning April 25 as a result of fierce thunderstorms.

Helicopters from the air force joined a practice taking place on April 24 at Dien Bien Phu airport ahead of a grand military parade which will be held in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory on May 7.

There are still 1,087 potential points of risk for railway traffic accidents along the North-South railway route, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Transport.

The Vietnam Road Administration has sent a document to the Departments of Transport of provinces and cities to ensure traffic order and safety during the Reunification Day, and Labor Day holidays on April 30 and May 1.

About 20,090ha of farmland and over 2,600 households have been hit by drought and water scarcity in the Central Region, Central Highlands, and Northeastern Regions, which are now in the peak period of the 2023 - 2024 dry season.

The perpetrator of the child abuse was L.T.B.N., who is also the owner of this kindergarten class.

The booking rates on flights from Hanoi and HCM City to localities had mostly reached over 75 per cent on the first day of the official holiday, April 27.

Border guards of the central Quang Tri province have arrested four Chinese citizens and a Vietnamese man for their involvement in organising illegal exit from the nation into Laos.

Out of 965 domestic production facilities, only 35 meet the standards set by ASEAN for good manufacturing practices in cosmetics.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that the capital city of Hanoi is unlikely to experience temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius as information spreads on social media.

Since the beginning of the year the nation has recorded a total of 29 deaths from rabies across 17 provinces and cities, a figure double compared to the same period from last year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 22 signed a dispatch asking for prompt actions to fix the consequences of a serious workplace accident that happened in a cement factory in Yen Bai the same day, as well as measures to support victims.

With the attendance of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Vietnam on April 21 kicked off the construction of a VND11 trillion (US$432 million) stretch of the North-South expressway to China.

Five young students have drowned in two separate incidents while swimming after school hours on Monday, with three dead in Central Highlands province Dak Lak and two in northern province Hoa Binh.

A Chinese national was killed in a multi-car collision in the southern province of Tien Giang on April 22.