Society

Lao Cai transfers Chairman of Ta Van commune to hold the position of Deputy Secretary of Sa Pa ward

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Lao Cai - The province has just announced the decision to transfer and appoint Mr. Cao Ba Quy to hold the position of Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Sa Pa Ward.

Removing bottlenecks for the 876m road section in Quang Ngai that has been built for more than 10 years without being completed

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Quang Ngai - The Chu Van An road project section from Hai Ba Trung - Ngo Si Lien is 876m long, but after 11 years of implementation it has not been completed.

Focus all resources on putting Long Thanh airport into operation in December 2026

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Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh requested to focus all resources to put Long Thanh International Airport into operation according to the plan.

Close-up of a 90 million USD waste treatment plant that has been sluggish for more than 20 years in Thanh Hoa

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Thanh Hoa - After more than 20 years of implementation, the 90 million USD waste-to-energy plant project (in Bim Son ward) has not yet been completed after many extensions.

Hanoi gradually applies the "sponge city" model

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Hanoi - The city is gradually applying the "sponge city" model, in the direction of not only draining rainwater but also retaining water, absorbing water, and regulating it.

After nearly 1 month of free buses in Ho Chi Minh City, passengers increased by nearly 40%

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Ho Chi Minh City - Just nearly a month after implementing the bus fare exemption policy, passenger volume has increased by nearly 40% compared to the same period last year.

Super typhoon Dolphin gusting above level 17 continues to strengthen, forecast for the upcoming path

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Vietnam's meteorological agency forecasts that super typhoon Dolphin will continue to strengthen and move towards China.

Mother and child injured on the way to pagoda, mother dies

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Ha Tinh - Two mothers and daughters were found lying next to a motorbike on the road to Long Dam Pagoda. The mother died at the scene, the daughter was seriously injured.

Rain and floods in Lao Cai flooded more than 80 houses, many roads were landslides

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Lao Cai - Prolonged heavy rain affects 20 communes and wards, causing dozens of households to evacuate, and many traffic and irrigation works to be heavily damaged.

Intense heat, thousands of hectares of rice in the North Central region at risk of total loss

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Prolonged hot weather, reduced water sources from rivers, streams and lakes, dams have caused thousands of hectares of summer-autumn rice in Nghe An, Quang Tri and Hue City to fall into a state of water shortage.

4 communes in Ho Chi Minh City below the area standard, when they become wards, they exceed the standard

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Ho Chi Minh City - Although not meeting the area standards, Ba Diem, Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh and Long Hai communes will simultaneously exceed the standards when transformed into wards.

Quang Ninh supports 105 million VND/month/1 bus for school buses

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Quang Ninh - Businesses organizing school buses are expected to be supported by Quang Ninh with 105 million VND/bus/month and bank loan interest rates.

35 tons of pigs positive for banned substances, 80 pigs still infected with cholera

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Ho Chi Minh City - Functional agencies discovered 3 batches of pigs of more than 35 tons testing positive for banned substances, including 1 batch testing positive for African swine fever virus.

Ho Chi Minh City fines for transporting 196 ducks without quarantine certificates

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Ho Chi Minh City - 196 commercial ducks from Dong Nai City moved to Ho Chi Minh City but without quarantine certificates.

Specialized motorcycles and cavalry combine overnight training at Da Nang beach

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Da Nang - On the evening of July 29, thousands of officers and soldiers along with specialized motorcycles and cavalry had a night-long training session, ready for the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 People's Police Sports Festival.

People hand over rare pangolin individuals to functional agencies

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Lam Dong - Discovering a pangolin individual while clearing the garden, people in Ward 3 Bao Loc voluntarily handed it over to functional agencies.

Accident on Thang Long bridge, prolonged traffic jam

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Hanoi - An accident occurred on Thang Long bridge (direction to the city center) causing prolonged traffic congestion.

Reservoir runs out of water, rice dries up in Quang Tri

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Quang Tri - Prolonged drought has caused many reservoirs to dry up, threatening more than 650ha of summer-autumn rice, forcing the irrigation sector to urgently implement drought prevention solutions.

3-day weather forecast from July 30 to August 1 in all three regions

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Weather forecast for the Northern region on July 30-31: scattered showers and thunderstorms in some places; from around August 1, there will be rain, showers and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy rain.

Ben Thuy 1 bridge protection net spreads humanistic message

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Nghe An - The Ben Thuy 1 bridge protection net system contributes to ensuring safety, creating landscape and spreading a humane message to the community.