The People’s Committee of Mường Than Ward said that at around 1pm, the local police discovered the body of a woman floating on the surface of the Mường Mít hydropower reservoir in Mường Mít Village.

As a 500-day nationwide DNA identification campaign gathers pace, search teams are racing against time to recover the remains and return them to the families who have waited for them for generations.

Traffic police said more than 4,000 commercial drivers may have exceeded legal work-hour limits, based on tracking and camera data.

After one year of operating under the two-tier local government model in Phú Thọ Province, coordination between local authorities and provincial departments has become well established, allowing work to be handled far more efficiently.

HCM City plans to expand its subsidy scheme to cover 100 per cent of health insurance premiums for residents aged between 60 and under 65.

Currently, thousands of labourers are needed on production lines, but there is a shortage of applicants.

Deputy Prime Minister Hồ Quốc Dũng has called on the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute to play a leading role in supporting the country's revived nuclear power programme while the IAEA reaffirmed its commitment to expanding cooperation with Việt Nam.

The institute is building a national nuclear science and technology centre anchored by a 15MW multipurpose research reactor.

Apart from the ‘digital transformation’ successes that have made people’s lives better, there remain challenges that require coordinated efforts from the Government, the private sector and society to place Việt Nam among the most technological advanced countries.

The Điện Biên Provincial People's Committee on Tuesday authorised a controlled pilot programme for digital technology-based products and services using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), targeting a flight safety rate of over 99 per cent during the trial period.

Speaking at the launch ceremony in Hà Nội, Minister of Science and Technology Vũ Hải Quân said the centre was part of the Government's strategy to build a complete semiconductor ecosystem, following recent legal and policy reforms to promote the industry.

Associate Professor Đào Ngọc Chiến, Director of the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development, said each proposed research project will undergo a risk assessment based on evaluations provided by scientific advisory councils.