HCM City authorities are considering requiring high-rises of 20 floors or more to have helipads for search-and-rescue missions during natural disasters or fires.

With a pool of highly-skilled practitioners, state-of-the-art facilities and affordable costs, HCM City is rapidly emerging as a dental care tourism destination.

Drowning is still one of the leading causes of mortality among children in Việt Nam, despite efforts to deal with the problem. Concern is re-surfacing ahead of the coming summer months.

HCM City’s People’s Committee has ordered departments and district-level people’s committees to use electronic signatures when issuing electronic documents starting from June 1.

High-quality human resources are required to promote the publishing sector in Việt Nam, a conference on improving publishing heard in HCM City on Friday.

Developing ward-level health centres is one of leading priorities of the HCM City Department of Health in order to help local residents get better primary healthcare services.

Doctors from HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases advised people to vaccinate against tetanus as the hospital admitted 134 patients with the disease in the first four months of this year, accounting for nearly 50 per cent of last year’s total.

The first train and the La Khê Station of Hà Nội’s Hà Đông–Cát Linh Urban Railway are open for public viewing from May 20 to June 20.

The annual Việt Nam Glory programme honouring national spirit and patriotism presented awards to 30 organisations and individuals at a ceremony in Hà Nội on Saturday.