A research team from the HCM City University Medical Centre won the award for the best laparoscopic liver surgery video at the 1^st World Congress of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society held in Paris earlier this month.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said a shortage of oxygen was responsible for the recent mass fish deaths in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Kon Tum.

A leadership sports and education programme, the first of its kind in Việt Nam to train lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth and children living and/or affected with HIV/AIDS in the lifelong skills of leadership, wellness, mentoring and teamwork, was launched this morning.

The Japan International Co-operation Agency yesterday signed an agreement with the Government of Việt Nam to provide loans of up to 24.2 billion yen (US$216 million) for a water management project in the southern region.

An intensive training class opened on Tuesday at the Hà Nội Medical University for doctors who will be sent to disadvantaged areas to work under a pilot project of the Ministry of Health.

A serious car accident occurred earlier on Wednesday morning on the Highway 1A section through Hàm Thuận Bắc District southern Bình Thuận Province, killing three and injuring 10 others.

Two women were killed in a fire that broke out in a house in Hà Nội’s Hai Bà Trưng District in the early hours today.

The Núi Pháo mining project, Việt Nam’s biggest polymetallic operation, has seriously violated regulations on environmental protection, mining, and use of land and water resources, according to the results of an inspection conducted last year by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

The Việt Nam Protestant Church (Southern Region) began its quadrennial general confederation congress in HCM City yesterday.