Many passengers buses have been reported to overload during the Reunification and Labour Day holiday as travel demand has surged.

The Cat Linh - Ha Dong metro project would not be put into operation on April 30 as scheduled according to the Railway Management Board.

Popular sites across the country are beginning to swell with both local people and foreign tourists ahead of the holidays on National Reunification Day, April 30, and May Day, May 1.

Vietnam is in the drug path from the Golden Triangle, which is now the world`s largest methamphetamine production hub.

The Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security on April 28 commenced legal proceedings against 24 people for organising gambling activities and gambling online through the website Fxx88.com.

A carer in Long An Province has been suspended after being found hitting a child while feeding him.

According to the draft of the revised Labor Code, the retirement age will be raised to 62 for males and 60 for females.

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China overcame South Korea and Japan to become the largest foreign investor in Vietnam in the first four months of the year in terms of newly-registered capital with $1.3 billion.

Con Dao National Park is one of the most popular coral reef diving destinations in Viet Nam. With coral cover of about 65 per cent, it has some of the most gorgeous jagged coral reefs in the country.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed to have a new holiday break on the War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.

Vietnam faces challenges in curbing inflation

Despite a global slowdown, Vietnam’s economic growth was impressive in the first quarter of this year.

Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are facing difficulties due to serious droughts.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a dispatch requesting all public offices and Vietnamese representative agencies overseas to fly flags at half-staff during the national mourning for former President General Le Duc Anh.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s attendance in the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing has affirmed Vietnam’s goodwill and role in international economic integration, said Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Thanh held talks with his Chinese counterpart Liu Zhao in Beijing on the sideline of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF), which ran from April 25 – 27.

The Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Cambodia on April 27 organised a grand meeting to mark 44th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification (April 30).

Kwang Han, mayor of Namyangju city, the Republic of Korea, was conferred an honorary citizenship of Hue by the city’s authorities at a ceremony held in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on April 27.