The Ministry of Health yesterday requested the health sector in Nghệ An and Hậu Giang provinces to strengthen inspection of the healthcare facilities for mothers and children.

One person is reported to have died and eight others were injured in the central provinces of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình due to Typhoon Rai.

Implementing the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) will help Việt Nam fight corruption in the resources extraction sector, participants were told at a workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Around 22,000 new cases of lung cancer are recorded every year in Việt Nam, with the disease being ranked among the top causes of death, doctors have said.

The season’s fourth storm was expected to make landfall in the coastal areas of the central Thừa Thiên-Huế and Bình Định provinces at around 4am this morning, local media reported.

The potential for solar energy in Việt Nam is huge but needs appropriate policies to encourage investment, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.

Health experts have raised more concerns over the negative health impacts of alcohol after seeing an increased drinking rate among the Vietnamese population and an increased volume of alcohol consumed in the country.

A pilot programme on national hospital quality assessment has resulted in positive results, but a gap between policy objectives and operations still exists, hospital officials have said.

A dam at Sông Bung 2 Hydroelectric Plant in the central province of Quảng Nam broke yesterday afternoon, sweeping away two workers, said deputy chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Phan Việt Cường.