World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Việt Nam Lokky Wai has called on Việt Nam to undertake more efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Toll fares, so far, have been reduced at 23 Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations nationwide, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Hồng Trường said.

Investigative police of Vĩnh Thạnh District in southern Bình Định Province will investigate a deforestation case in the local protective forest, the most serious case ever in the province.

A 230kg bomb was salvaged from the Hói Trẻn riverbed in Thạch Sơn Commune during construction of a sewage and canal system.

A massive flyover will be built early next year at the Nguyễn Thái Sơn-Nguyễn Kiệm Street intersection near HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport to unclog an area which is choked by traffic, the Department of Transport has said.

In contrast to popular opinion that women and girls can protect themselves by avoiding strangers or unsafe places frequented by criminals, statistics show that 73 per cent of assaults on women are committed by acquaintances, and 10 per cent are fathers or stepfathers of victims.

HCM City should make a regular survey of trees to provide decision makers with information to make sustainable plans for adapting to climate change, experts said.

HCM City needs to regularly monitor fire safety practices in households and amusement venues to preclude fire accidents, city Party Committee Secretary Đinh La Thăng has said.

As many as 449 people attending a ceremony last Sunday (Nov 28) signed a pledge to donate their organs after death to the National Coordination Centre for Organ Transplantation.