The vaccination programme for children meets the basic requirements of quality and safety, the Preventive Health Department of the Health Ministry said today.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked ministers, leaders of relevant agencies and chairmen of provincial and municipal people’s committees to speed up replies to comments and petitions they receive from the public.

The poor quality of resettlement houses and weak management capacity of the State offices have affected the lives of many displaced residents.

Desperate to find jobs, an increasing number of residents from the northern mountain province of Cao Bằng are illegally crossing the border to China, often to their own detriment, with worrying implications for small communities in the remote area.

HCM City plans to step up enforcement against smuggling and trade fraud to cope with the increasing number of violations, especially at Cát Lái Port in HCM City. 

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HCM City Youth Union launched its 16th Kỳ Nghỉ Hồng (Pink Holiday) Campaign with an estimated 3,000 participants on Sunday  at Youth Culture House in District 1.

Torrential rains, scattered since earlier this month and killing at least nine people and leaving two others missing, are predicted to hit the northern mountainous localities until this Saturday (July 15).

Many SB cargo ships, a type of ship that runs off the coast and in the rivers, have been allegedly transporting passengers illegally on the Hà Tiên-Phú Quốc Island route.