The Ministry of Transport and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Phu Tho on December 21 started the construction of the new Phong Chau bridge.
Hanoi Police, in coordination with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), has issued an international arrest warrant for Le Khac Ngo (alias Mr. Hunter) in a large fraudulent case.
Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has launched a project in Vietnam to demonstrate AquaWatch Australia, a new water quality monitoring and forecasting system.
Party General Secretry To Lam attended a ceremony on December 20 to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival.
The southern central province of Binh Dinh has incurred losses of VND112 billion (USD4.41 million) due to flooding, landslides, and erosion over the past month.
Party General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 19 for Chinese Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Dong Jun.
The new ADC (Asia Direct Cable) international undersea cable route that boasts the largest bandwidth capacity in Vietnam was officially put into operation on December 19.
A Vietnamese citizen has been assaulted and later died in Singapore, according to Pham Thu Hang, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.
Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed 52 people and injured 65, the Taliban government spokesmen said Thursday.
Up to 50 households living along the dyke of the Co Chien River in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long have had to be evacuated due to serious landslides in the area.
An emergency landslide declaration has been proposed for Khanh Le Pass in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa as continuous heavy rains have triggered further landslides.
