Researchers from Hà Nội Medical University have warned alcohol consumers about an increased risk of methanol poisoning from consuming improperly brewed homemade alcohol.

Hà Nội traffic police have proposed a plan to the Ministry of Public Security to strictly handle cases of traffic law violations.

Seven fishermen from the central province of Quảng Bình returned home safely on Sunday after their ship was hit by a Philippine cargo vessel and sunk near the waters of Côn Đảo Island in central Quảng Trị Province on July 4.

The central province of Thừa Thiên–Huế is accelerating a project to improve the water environment in the former imperial city of Huế, funded by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

Mekong Delta’s Long An province and its neighbour, HCM City,  need to have better transportation and communications connections in order to improve their economic development.

A great number of Hà Nội students violate traffic rules as they drive electric motorbikes, said a senior police official.

Việt Nam will discuss ways to improve its research capacity in medicine and health services and internationalise its university education at a conference it will hold together with Australia in Hà Nội and HCM City from today.

Lack of means of transportation, inadequate infrastructure, weak management of local authorities and low awareness on waterway transport regulations of ship owners and passengers in the central province of Nghệ An are threatening the lives of hundred of passengers who travel on this mode of transportation every day.

The number of cases of diphtheria increased to 60 as of yesterd in Bình Phước, according to the south-eastern province’s Preventive Health Centre.