The HCM City-based Centre for Promotion of Quality of Life (LIFE) is providing 12,000 sets of rapid HIV tests free to high-risk groups, including men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender women, drug users and prostitutes via community-based organisations.

Severe floods are expected as the river water level is rising swiftly in the central Quảng Bình and Hà Tĩnh provinces, which were devastated by historic floods earlier this month.

Consumers in HCM City can check the origin of pork they buy under a city project that will be piloted from December 10 this year.

People in the northern localities are bracing for another cold spell accompanied with scattered rainfall tomorrow, according to the Central Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre.

A torrential downpour, which began on Sunday afternoon and lasted well into the night, has triggered a landslide on the coastal road in Thuận Nam District, disrupting the traffic flow.

Hundreds of people have been forced to live in slum areas near the seaport in central Bình Định Province’s Quy Nhơn City, regardless of the pollution and fire risks.

The Ministry of Health has asked Bình Định General Hospital to clarify the cause of death of a woman who was admitted for childbirth and did not survive after a C-section.

Large-scale illegal quarry exploitation has been taking place for months in Đắk Nia Commune in Gia Nghĩa Township of the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Nông.

People from Hà Tĩnh Province’s Lộc Hà District, one of the worst affected by the marine environment disaster earlier this year, started getting compensation with total amount of VNĐ 270 billion (approx. US$ 9.3 million) on Sunday.