Society
After New Year's Eve, sanitation workers clean up the streets overnight
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After New Year's Eve, environmental sanitation workers in provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City... urgently entered the garbage collection shift, and many people also joined hands to clean up.
Morning news 17/2: Construction throughout Tet at a bridge project worth over 11,800 billion VND connecting Hanoi with Hung Yen
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Morning news: Construction throughout Tet at the bridge construction site connecting Hanoi with Hung Yen; Proactively preventing congestion for Da Lat during the Tet tourist peak season...
Weather today 17. 2 (first day of Tet): Cold air causes cold rain
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Weather today, February 17 (1st day of Tet), Northern region has rain and scattered light rain, cold weather due to the impact of cold air.
Patrol steps "crossing" New Year's Eve in the Northwest border
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Son La - Regularly, every New Year's Eve, soldiers in the border area still firmly hold their guns to guard the "frontier" of the Fatherland.
Fireworks light up, people flock to Hoan Kiem Lake to welcome the New Year
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Many people flocked to Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian street to watch fireworks to welcome the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026.
Worrying about the agency using the excuse of running out of money to not settle termination benefits
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Readers wondered about the understanding of the funding source for paying severance pay; policies for civil servants who voluntarily resign.
Ke Go Lake reduces discharge to 200m3/s, downstream continues to reduce flooding
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Ha Tinh - On the afternoon of November 3, Ke Go Lake continued to regulate to reduce overflow to 200m3/s, so the downstream water receded further, and the number of flooded houses continued to decrease.
The water rises rapidly, people in Quang Tri are busy avoiding floods
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Quang Tri - Prolonged heavy rain caused floodwaters to rise rapidly, people were busy raising their belongings to avoid flooding.
Requesting the pig farm to fix the stench after the people's frustration
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Thanh Hoa - After checking, the authorities determined that the pig farm caused a foul smell and requested the farm owner to urgently fix it.
Many rural areas of Can Tho are deeply flooded, people are busy fighting against the overflow
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Can Tho - Many rural areas are deeply flooded due to rising water, people have to busy building banks and pumping drainage to protect their houses and rice fields.
Saving the life of an 11th grade student who jumped from a dam and suspected suicide in Gia Lai
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Gia Lai - An 11th grade student jumped into the Phu Phong dam (Tay Son commune) suspected of committing suicide, and was promptly rescued by local people and police.
Difficult days of patients isolated in floods in Da Nang
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Da Nang - Many patients at Duy Xuyen Medical Center are still haunted by the scene of being cut off by floodwaters at the end of October 2025.
Can't let doctors continue to be victims of hospital violence
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Since the beginning of 2025, there have been many cases of medical staff being assaulted while on duty nationwide. Violence in hospitals not only threatens the lives of doctors but also seriously damages trust in the health system, requiring the early completion of the legal corridor to protect practitioners.
Using a net to pull a machine weighing a ton up high to avoid flooding
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Quang Tri - Heavy rain caused water to rise rapidly in Le Thuy, people had to use a net to pull a machine weighing a ton up high to avoid the flood.
Ho Chi Minh City residents are still struggling amid the unfinished trillion-dong project
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After nearly 10 years of implementation, the flood prevention project worth more than VND10,000 billion, the largest in Ho Chi Minh City, has not been able to be effective. The streets turn into rivers, water floods into houses, people still have to wade through, their daily activities are turned upside down...
Swimming lessons in schools become an urgent requirement
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The good news is that the Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a decision approving the program and documents guiding safe swimming lessons for students.
5-storey house fire for rent in Hanoi
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Hanoi - The authorities promptly controlled the fire on the 5th floor of a 5-storey house for rent on Mac Thai To Street.
Consecutive landslides on the Red River bank in Phu Tho
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For more than 3 months, the two banks of the Red River (Thao River) passing through Phu Tho province have been continuously experiencing landslides, causing damage to crops and threatening the safety of many households.
After 6 hours of inspection, the traffic police discovered 2,347 motorbike drivers violating alcohol concentration
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The National Traffic Police force discovered 2,347 cases of motorbike drivers violating alcohol concentration on November 2.
Assessment of the new high tide above alert level 3 causing high flooding in Ho Chi Minh City
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HCMC - High tides in HCMC and the provinces and cities in the South are starting a new period (the 15th day of the 9th lunar month), likely exceeding alert level 3, causing flooding in many places.
