Việt Nam News

Last week, a young girl in Đắk Lắk Province in Việt Nam’s Central Highlands had her leg amputated due to onset of caseation after she was treated in a hospital in the province. Thu Vân talks to a representative from the Health Ministry, a doctor and a parent about the case.

Deputy Health Minister Nguyễn Việt Tiến told Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the review of the law on surrogate pregnancies one year after it took effect.

Đỗ Thái Bình, the Vice Chairman of the Việt Nam Shipbuilding Association, spoke with Hải Quan (Customs) Newspaper about the growth potential of Viet Nam’s shipbuilding industry.

When the authority listens to their people

Khuất Việt Hùng, vice chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, recently spoke to the Thời Báo Kinh Tế (the Economic Times) newspaper about vehicle accidents on highways.

Lưu Bích Hồ, former director of the Development Strategy Institute under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, spoke to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) about opportunities and challenges that Việt Nam will face to increase its already high GDP.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến said that once the family medical practice has been fully implemented in Viet Nam, family doctor clinics will be able to launch high-quality health service packages, which will be paid in full by health insurance. 

Đinh Ngọc Đức, director of the Market Department under the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism, spoke to Weekly Việt Nam and World Economic Affairs about his department’s efforts to seek out new markets.

Lê Đức Trung, Chief of the Office of Việt Nam National Mekong Committee, spoke to the newspaper Tin Tức (News) about how to share the Mekong River to the benefit of all regional countries.