Patients with chronic kidney failure are putting their lives at risks using herbal medicines of unclear origin, a nephrologist said.

Doctors at HCM City’s Medical University have successfully performed surgery to remove a giant kidney stone from a 59-year-old woman.

More than 400 talented students from HCM City and neighbouring provinces have taken part in the YouthSpeak forum which encourages them to take action and initiate positive societal change. 

The expansion of artificial forests and roads around Ea Sô Natural Reserve in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk has been blamed for the increased encroachment by timber loggers.

Many illegal billboards are still standing in the outskirts of the capital city despite the administration ordering their removal a month ago.

The Ministry of Health has requested hospitals to tighten their regulations on the transfer of patients for treatment at clinics outside the hospital and have proper punishments for violations.

Local authorities have been placed on full alert for typhoon Sarika, which keeps moving west at a speed of 15km per hour and is predicted to make landfall in northeastern Viet Nam at around 4pm today.

A worker at Hà Nội’s Cát Linh-Hà Đông Urban railway construction site died in hospital this morning after falling from a height of 5m onto the road on Sunday afternoon.

Four crewmen safely reached land in central Quảng Bình Province this morning after their cargo ship was washed away 100km away from the coast, local borderland security said.