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Vietnamese customs officers discovered nearly 3 kg of heroin stashed in peanut and durian sweets in the luggage of a Singaporean man who was about to depart from Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday. Loke Dah Lee, 38, was arrested on December 1 while …

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has signed a Build – Transfer (BT) contract with an investor for building four roads and 12 bridges in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2 with a total investment of VND12,182 billion (US$569.4 million). The four roads, including an arc …

A cold snap that entered northern Vietnam Sunday night is bringing cold weather to the area, with the temperature in Lao Cai Province’s Sa Pa District falling to seven degrees Celsius, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The cold front arrived a day after tropical storm Sinlaku battered …

Heavy rains and strong wind battered Phu Yen and Binh Dinh provinces in central Vietnam, causing some damage and power outages after storm Sinlaku made landfall on Saturday night. The power failure happened at some 10pm on major streets including Nguyen Thi Dinh, Ngo May, and An Duong Vuong in …

Red-tailed vipers have appeared in large quantities with unknown causes and bitten over 1,000 people in various localities in Vietnam so far this year, local authorities reported.  There are no immediate reports of mortality by far, as all the victims received treatment timely. These venomous snakes, with scientific name trimeresurus …

Tropical storm Sinlaku, which is moving at 25 kph in the East Vietnam Sea, will likely land in Phu Yen Province in south-central Vietnam on Saturday evening, the Vietnamese National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has warned. Upon its landfall in Phu Yen, the storm will also affect a large area …

The number of traffic accidents and the resulting deaths and injuries in Vietnam so far this year decreased from the same period last year, the National Traffic Safety Committee reported on Wednesday. From the beginning of the year until November 26, 23,256 traffic accidents occurred nationwide, killing 8,272 people and …

The Spanish Government has committed to providing 3.4 million Euros in funding for the construction of Ho Chi Minh City’s figth metro line, said a senior Spanish official on Tuesday. Maria Aparici Gonzalez, head of the Trade Policy Department for Europe, Asia and Oceania, under Spain’s Minister of Economics and …

Authorities of the southern Vietnamese province of Tay Ninh have given pecuniary fines to three Chinese men for selecting future wives through an illegal marriage brokering ring. On Monday, November 24, the provincial People’s Committee issued a decision to fine Ren Fu Cang, 25; Shen Xiao Hong, also 25; and …

Vietnamese police are investigating a case in which thousands of pine trees in a Central Highlands province have been destroyed with chemicals since 2013 by unidentified people who want to illegally turn forestland into residential land. Police in Dak G’Long District of Dak Nong Province have initiated the investigation after …