Shoring up medical services at the grass-roots level and providing health services to all the people will remain the focus of the health sector in 2017, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has stated.

Culture should be well positioned like other crucial sectors in national economic development, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday while addressing a conference reviewing 2016 developments and setting tasks for 2017 for the cultural, sports and tourism sector.

Urbanisation and a sharp increase in population have presented a number of challenges for Hà Nội, one of which is the collection and treatment of household waste in a way causes minimal impact to the environment.

Five workers of a private business specialising in aquatic product processing died due to suffocation under suspicious circumstances on Thursday in southern Phú Yên Province.

At least 2,300 swimming pools must be built to accommodate swimming lessons for public high school students, according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.

The Customs Department of HCM City on Wednesday said it would cut by half the amount of processing time to complete customs documents for import and export businesses.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has tasked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to promptly find solutions for limitations on agricultural land ownership that curtail large-scale farming and production.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has instructed the Ministry of Finance to provide over 10,400 tonnes of rice from national reserve funds for 12 provinces before the upcoming Tết holiday.

The national fund of employment assistance from the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union has helped youths from northern Bắc Ninh Province launch businesses. However, a lot of local youngsters still find it difficult to access the fund.