Flood waters broke a protective dyke in Quảng Bình Province yesterday. No casualties were reported.

A communication campaign will be launched nationwide from October 16 to 23 in efforts to strengthen community awareness on nutrition safety and malnutrition prevention in people, especially children.

Three miners died and another was injured in a rockslide that occurred yesterday afternoon in a company's quarry in Châu Quang Commune in central Nghệ An Province’s Quỳ Hợp District.

Taxi drivers in Hà Nội have complained about a regulation forbidding them from driving for more than four consecutive hours.

A national programme for comprehensive care of hemophilia, a hereditary blood disorder, is needed, according to Dr Phù Chí Dũng, head of HCM City Blood Transfusion Hematology Hospital.

Northern central provinces are making utmost efforts to deal with severe floods that have led to widespread damage over the last few days.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has launched a national movement to join hands to support the poor, targeting an annual average decrease of up to 1.5 per cent of the poor household rate in the 2016-2020 period in line with the multidimensional poverty line.

Trần Thị Tuyết Nhung, 55, had suffered pain for two months earlier this year before she decided to visit Bình Chánh District Hospital for treatment.

The Prime Minister has agreed in principle to allow the HCM City administration to apply bidding selection forms in special cases under Article 26 of the Law on Bidding to select a contractor for a tidal flood control project for the city.