Society

HCM City still lacks enough public toilets, and even the existing facilities are being illegally used for other purposes.

Hanoi People's Committee has just proposed to PM Pham Minh Chinh to delay the operation date of the elevated section of the Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line to August 2023.

A man in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has been banned from flying for nine months after failing to pay a fine for smoking on a domestic flight.

Jasmin Selberg, the winner of the Miss International 2022 pageant, is set to go on a working trip to Vietnam in late May, according to global beauty website Pageantry News International.

Japan's government eased its mask guidelines on Monday, recommending them only on crowded trains and in hospitals or care homes, but there was little sign residents were keen to unmask.

The problem of domestic solid waste treatment is a challenge for the sustainable development of Hanoi.

More than 6,000 people on March 12 took part in Happy Run 2023 in Binh Dinh and Da Nang simultaneously to raise funds for needy students and orphans.

Dong Cam Charity Club in the central city of Danang has provided free meals for tens of thousands of poor patients.

Nghe An authorities are investigating the destruction of a local pine forest.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated VND1.3 billion (USD55,084) for a poor man in the southern province of Long An who is taking care of his ailing child.

Vietnam should revise its inefficient visa policy or it will lose out to regional neighbours in attracting foreign travelers, said experts at a recent seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City.

The High Command of Naval Region 4 said the Truong Sa Dong island infirmary in Truong Sa island district, the central province of Khanh Hoa received and performed emergency surgery on a fisherman suffering from accute appendicitis.

A seminar on sustainable tourism development cooperation between Ninh Binh province – a famous tourist destination in northern Vietnam, and its Belgian partners took place at the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium on March 10.

Vietnam will organise some activities to welcome its 100 millionth citizen in April according to the General Statistics Office.

Thousands of visitors flocked to the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in the central highlands province of Dak Lak on Friday and were offered free coffee and chocolate.

Budget carrier VietJet Air will open an air route linking the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the northern province of Quang Ninh next month.

Police urged all residents of a remote Australian town to evacuate Saturday, warning that record-high floodwaters were expected to rise further over the weekend.

Dialysis centres in Vietnam are facing overloading due to the rising number of people suffering from kidney problems.