The Investigation Police Department has decided to prosecute the case related to 149 Vietnamese citizens who fled to Taiwan to work illegally under tourist visas, and began legal proceedings against five involved defendants.

Public medical centers in Hanoi yesterday started to apply new prices of services on patients without health insurance cards as per the People’s Council’s decision No. 02/2019/NQ.

The northern region of Vietnam is forecasted to face heavy rains and strong winds from today until May 8.

Ho Chi Minh City on May 5 inaugurated a press centre – the first of its kind nationwide.

Vietnam’s police on May 4 launched a criminal prosecution against Le Bach Hong, former deputy prime minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs cum former general director of the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

Hundreds of athletes from the Vietnamese community living and working in the Republic of Korea joined a sports exchange in Osan city, Kyeonggi on May 5.

As many as 173 administrative procedures of 13 ministries and sectors have been connected to the National Single Window (NSW) window since it was implemented in 2015.

Hanoi has implemented a pilot program installing cameras to film people littering on the pedestrian mall around the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake.

US chemical firms, including Monsanto should be responsible for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims.

The plan to shut down Sense Market, an underground shopping center located at September 23 Park in District 1 of HCMC, has been canceled, the market’s investor Saigon Co.op has announced.

Police in HCM City has detained a man who was suspected of killing his three family members while under the influence of drugs.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on May 2 informed that up to 1,126 emergency cases were referred to hospital due to fighting during the five-day holiday which lasted from April 27 to May 2.

The HCMC government has assigned the municipal Department of Construction to set up an inspection team to look into the use and management of the banks of the Saigon River.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has told the Ministry of Industry and Trade to work with the General Statistics Office of Vietnam to review the impact of the power price hike, which took effect on March 20, Motthegioi news site reported.

Fifteen volunteer riders last week completed their Hanoi to HCMC (H2H) charitable bike ride stretching more than 2,000 kilometers of Vietnam to raise funds for underprivileged children.

Authorities of the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have decided to relocate 322 local households from areas which are vulnerable to landslides and floods.

Vietnamese citizen Doan Thi Huong was released from a women’s prison in Selangor state of Malaysia at about 7.10am (local time) on May 3 and received by a delegation of the Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia.

In recent days, fishermen in Loc Ha and Cam Xuyen districts (Ha Tinh province) have made huge profits from scallop. This is considered a great resource that is rarely available to fishermen here.

Conglomerate VinGroup has set up VinBus, its subsidiary specialising in transport services, announced the property developer on May 2.

The Hai Van Gate national relic site will be restored for preservation as proposed by the People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province.