Doctors of Mỹ Tho City’s health centre in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang saved 16 local workers from food poisoning yesterday.

An increase in the number of students in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông are posing challenges for the education sector as the demand for school facilities and teachers increases, said Nguyễn Văn Hòa, deputy director of the provincial Department of Education and Training.

Trafficking of women and children has been on the rise in recent years in the northern border province of Lào Cai, making it a hotspot for this crime.

Central Huế City has been selected to join 45 other cities worldwide in a global social media campaign called “We Love Cities”, part of World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour City Challenge.

Along the canals andr lakes in Hà Nội and HCM City, passers-by are used to men gathering in large groups for hours with their fishing rods, patiently waiting for the fish to come.

Demographic changes in Asia and the Pacific region are occurring at unforeseen rates. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates - changes that are expected to take a century in Europe and North America - could occur here in just 30 years.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has underlined the need to identify the responsibilities of agencies concerned with food safety management, especially the role played by their chiefs.

A 12-month project to improve the governance of immunisation programme for children aged 0-23 months in Việt Nam was launched at a workshop today in Hà Nội.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc today chaired the new government’s first national meeting to tackle the heated food safety issue.