Salinisation has led to the abandonment of numerous rice and crop fields in Triệu An Commune, Triệu Phong District of the coastal central province of Quảng Trị.

The Ministry of Health sent directives to health departments nationwide asking for staff and medicine on Monday to be prepared for diphtheria prevention and treatment.

Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Dinh Tien Dung has requested thorough checks at all mini apartment blocks in the city after a fire caused 56 deaths and 37 injuries in Thanh Xuan District on September 12.

One of Tokyo's last handmade umbrella shops has weathered many storms and is now thriving thanks to booming demand for parasols as Japanese summers get hotter, including increasingly from men.

The Ministry of Transport by the end of August had disbursed about VNĐ49.7 trillion (US$2 billion) out of the total public investment capital plan assigned by the Prime Minister of more than VNĐ95.2 trillion ($3.96 billion).

The new e-visa application, which came into force on August 15 at more than a dozen of land border gates across Vietnam, has facilitated the arrival of more foreigners.

Hundreds of motorbikes have been left abandoned at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City for years.