The Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered localities to apply measures to eliminate Hoi thanh cua Duc Chua Troi Me (World mission society Church of God) due to its violation of legal regulations on beliefs and religions.

Construction of a 3.5km-long section of HCM City’s Ring Road No. 2 project will cost nearly VNĐ9.9 trillion (US$405 million) from the State budget.

As much as VND26.50 billion has been donated to the survivors and families of a recent tragic apartment fire in Hanoi which left 56 dead and dozens of people injured.

Work on a VND8-trillion (USD333 million) bridge in the Mekong Delta region is scheduled to kick off in October.

Police in HCM City on Friday announced that they had just arrested the brokers of a high-class prostitution ring which involved several beauty queens and fashion models.

A delegation of the National Assembly led by Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on Friday offered incense and observed a minute of silence in tribute to 56 victims in a fire at a mini apartment building in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi in late September 12.

Leaders of Laos, Venezuela, and Kazakhstan on September 15 sent condolences to Vietnamese leaders upon receiving news of a fire incident, which occurred in the late hours of September 12 night in Hanoi, causing significant loss of life and property.

A ceremony to start work on Huu Nghi (Vietnam) – Youyi Guan (China) smart border gate project took place on September 15.

Serious landslides have occurred on the National Road 27C connecting the Central Highlands City of Da Lat and the central coastal city of Nha Trang.

Local police are told to coordinate with relevant agencies to conduct inspections of fire safety for mini-apartments and accommodation establishments with a high density of people.

Domestic and foreign employers have conflicting stances regarding potential changes to work permit procedures.

Officials at Vietnam Social Insurance (VNSI) have emphasised the need for robust measures to curb the frequent and increasingly sophisticated misuse of health insurance funds, which has resulted in excessive spending affecting cardholders.

Mai Van Muoi, director of the provincial Department of Health, said the total number of people hospitalized was 91 cases, including 34 foreign tourists.

Hanoi authorities have decided to temporarily suspend all cultural events, sport games and entertainment activities from September 14 to 17 following the deadly mini apartment building fire that killed 56 people and injured 37 others.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Morocco has not received any information regarding Vietnamese casualties in the earthquake that seriously hit many cities in the African country on September 8, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Nam are investigating a food poisoning case at a Banh mi baguette shop in Hoi A City after over 90 customers were hospitalised.

HCM City authorities plan to allocate an additional 550 hectares of land to build social housing as part of its effort to build 93,000 social housing units by 2030.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said Vietnamese language classes not only helped the Vietnamese community in Laos preserve and promote the Vietnamese language but also instilled a love for the Vietnamese language in foreigners.

At least 56 people have been killed in a blaze at an apartment block in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi.

A high-speed rail line connecting Khammouane Province in Laos and the Vietnam-Laos border is slated to be put into service in 2028.