Cameras to monitor environmental violations will be installed in all districts, according to the HCM City People’s Committee.

Hundreds of children in the northern mountainous province of Tuyên Quang have benefited from free medical check-ups and surgeries under a programme jointly carried out by the Việt Nam Association of Paediatric Surgeons (VNAPS), the Nhịp Cầu Yêu Thương (Spans of Love) Group, and the provincial General Hospital.

At least six people, including two women who were identified as Vietnamese citizens, were killed in a traffic accident on June 13 in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province, 200 kilometers to the northeast of Bangkok. 

The Việt Nam Administration for AIDS Control in coordination with PATH has launched an oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) service in Việt Nam.

A Japanese Coast Guard vessel, the Echigo (PLH08), and 85 crew members started a six-day friendly visit to Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam Province yesterday.

The HCM City Department of Construction has recommended compensation and financial support for households affected by higher road levels caused by relaying them.

HCM City expects to launch the first river bus route as soon as early July, connecting the Bạch Đằng Wharf in District 1 with Thủ Đức District, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The Vừ A Dính Scholarship Fund will provide the Mở đường đến tương lai (A Brighter Path) scholarships to at least 33 ethnic girls to enable them to complete high school and tertiary education in the next seven years.

A new training programme to improve the quality of healthcare employees will be set up by the Ministry of Health in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Training and Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.