The individual prize at the Kovalevskaya Awards 2016 went to Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Kim Phi Phụng, a lecturer from the University of Natural Sciences under the Vietnam National University in HCM City.

A 70-year-old Japanese tourist was admitted to Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City on Lunar New Year’s Eve with a sudden onset of severe chest pain.

 The rate of children suffering from gastric disease is growing due to schooling pressure and inappropriate food, health experts have said.

Quite a few Vietnamese companies are taking advantage of sand dredging privileges authorised by the Government to rake in huge illegal profits, according to an expose by the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng congratulated the women’s movement and the Việt Nam Women’s Union (VWU) for their past achievements in his speech at the opening of the 12th National Women’s Congress  in Hà Nội yesterday.

The number of passengers at Cam Ranh International Airport has surged substantially in recent years while infrastructure fails to address the overload, according to central Khánh Hòa Province’s People’s Committee.

More than 500 Ngọc Linh ginseng plants were stolen from a ginseng farm in central province of Quảng Nam last Tuesday.

A contest to design, build and programme robots from LEGO pieces for primary school students will be held in HCM City and Đà Nẵng in May.

A fire was reported at the construction site of Vĩnh Tân Thermal Power Plant No 4 in the central province of Bình Thuận on Tuesday morning, according to a Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) report.