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Ho Chi Minh City will encourage public employees to use public transport at least twice a week under a plan to expand public transport and curb private vehicle use.

A Lao villager has provided Vietnamese authorities with information about the burial site of a female Vietnamese soldier believed to have been buried near the Vietnam-Laos border decades ago.

Airport security officers at Pleiku Airport returned a bag containing VND 85 million (USD 3,240) in cash and a savings book worth VND 4 billion (USD 153,000) after a passenger left it behind.

HCM City plans to complete nine flood-control and drainage projects worth more than VND 7.1 trillion (USD 271 million) this year as it steps up efforts to tackle chronic urban flooding.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to study new pedestrian streets in the city centre to reduce private vehicle use and promote public transport.

Some respiratory infections are rising, possibly linked to summer holiday travel, outings and crowded leisure activities.

Construction of the second runway at Long Thanh International Airport is on track for completion by the end of September, operator Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) said.

Five people were injured after a passenger coach lost control and crashed into a mountainside on Khanh Le Pass in Khanh Hoa Province on Monday morning.

A train crew in southern Vietnam helped save a passenger showing signs of a stroke by providing first aid and arranging an unscheduled stop for emergency medical treatment.

HCM City has provided free health check-ups and created electronic health records for more than one million residents since launching a citywide programme two months ago.

Quan Su Pagoda in Hanoi rang three rounds of Bat Nha bells and drums early on Monday to honour Vietnam's war martyrs on the 79th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee leaders attended a candle-lighting and incense ceremony for fallen heroes at the city's martyrs cemeteries.

Northern mountaious areas are expected to see heavy rain from July 27 to 28, with authorities urging evacuations from areas at risk of flooding and landslides.

Police in Lai Chau Province have arrested 40 suspects in a cross-border fraud ring accused of tricking victims into installing fake VNeID updates to access their bank accounts.

After waiting four years for surgery in New Zealand, a 51-year-old woman travelled more than 9,000km to Vietnam for a hip replacement and was walking again within a week.

Vietnam Railways provides free transport for the remains of fallen soldiers and accompanying family members under a programme with the Vietnam Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs.

Vietnamese authorities have rescued 45 of the 62 people aboard the cargo ship Khoi Nguyen 18 after it sank in rough weather in the East Sea, officials said.

To mark War Invalids and Martyrs Day, Party and state leaders offered incense at Bac Son Monument and paid tribute at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

Authorities in Lao Cai Province have approved a VND 2.5 trillion (USD 95 million) road tunnel to help ease traffic congestion in the popular tourist town of Sapa.