Starting from June, new price ceilings will be applied on 1,900 medical services, with many expected to be increased two- or three-fold, as per a new circular issued by the Ministry of Health recently, as an attempt to drive up the number of those enrolled into health insurance programme.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường has submitted a variety of potential solutions to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to help the struggling pig-farming industry recover.

 In 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, authorities uncovered 430 cases of human trafficking, involving 600 accused and 1,500 victims. Some 85 per cent of the victims were to be sold to other countries, mainly to China – in 195 cases – involving a total of 378 accused , while 490 victims were freed.

The Đắk Nông Provincial Inspection Committee yesterday issued strictures following the results of its investigation into management violations committed by a number of the province’s officials.

Stargazers in Việt Nam are expected to see Lyrids meteor shower from midnight Saturday .

The central city of Đà Nẵng plans seven suburban communes in Hòa Vang District for high-tech farms on a total area of 540ha – a crucial step to boost high quality and safe agriculture.

A lack of cutting-edge technologies, unrealistic policies, and a failure to take advantage of local expertise and knowledge are constraining agricultural development in the country, experts have said.

Lê Văn Hồng, a member of the H’Mông minority in Krông Bông District of the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk, had decided to send his two sons, aged 10 and 15, to work for a garment factory in the south.

HCM City authorities are seeking funding approval from the Prime Minister for 36 flood-prevention projects worth a total of VNĐ9.96 trillion (US$438 million).