Developing organic agriculture is an urgent task, given the fact that food safety violations, which pose serious threats to the health of the community, occur at an alarming rate, experts said.

A Panamanian vessel collided with a barge this morning while running on Thị Vải River in the Cần Giờ District, resulting in a crash that has left one missing.

Việt Nam has successfully performed nearly 1,400 organ transplant surgeries over the past 20 years, said Lê Quang Cường, deputy minister of health.

Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City on Tuesday opened an 11,351 sq-metre, seven-storey parking garage located outside the domestic terminal.

A mysterious foreign ship was found drifting with no crew aboard in the Bình Thuận sea, leaving authorities perplexed.

Doctors at Hà Nội City’s E Hospital yesterday successfully removed a 7kg tumor from a man’s chest, director Lê Ngọc Thành reported.

Inspectors from the Ministry of Health have started to inspect smoke-free restaurants and hotels in Hà Nội as part of efforts to build a non-smoking environment in public places.

None of enterprises that have delayed or avoided paying social insurance for their employees have been brought into court although labour unions, on behalf of the employees, have the right to sue them, the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) said yesterday.

Library staff at the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities plan to develop audio and brallie books for students with visual impairments at the university.