Police in the southern province of Đồng Tháp have arrested a woman in connection with a human trafficking crime.

According to Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến, many public hospital nationwide have gradually wiped out fully-subsidised mechanisms and shifted to self-independent financial models.

Witnessing it now, one cannot imagine how sterile and deserted the Tây Sơn economic zone in central Hà Tĩnh Province was 14 years ago.

As the school-year is coming to an end, parents are rushing to find extra-classes for their children during summer vacation.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked for approval from the Ministry of Transport to use English on street signs to serve foreign tourists.

The number of methanol poisoning cases from bad-quality methanol-laced alcohol keep increasing but there has yet any quality standard for the production of traditional alcohol products, causing difficulties to keep illegal or sub-standard wines under control, experts warned.

To deal with possible electrical shortages during the dry season, the Việt Nam Electricity Corporation (EVN) will make the most of all power sources, including coal, gas, diesel-fueled and hydropower stations, a representative of the corporation has said.

Residents of the southern Đồng Nai Province’s Phú Sơn Commune complain that at least 50 wells in their locality have got contaminated with petroleum, making the water inedible.

The Hà Nội Health Department has announced the first death from dengue fever since the beginning of this year.