Doctors at Trưng Vương Hospital performed their first endovascular intervention on a patient with renal infarct, a rare condition with nonspecific symptoms.

The Cần Thơ City People’s Committee in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will launch a programme later this month to help farmers increase sales of their unsold products.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to establish a State Appraisal Council to appraise the first phase of HCM City’s metro line No 5 between Sài Gòn Bridge in Bình Thạnh District and District 8 and report to the Government.

A bridge will be built to replace the Châu Giang Ferry now being used on the Hậu River in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Public hospitals in HCM City which do not receive city funds for regular expenditures will increase fees for non-insured patients by 30 per cent from August 1, according to the city’s Department of Health.

The Ministry of Health has instructed health departments nationwide to strictly inspect private health clinics to ensure they are offering safe and high quality treatment.

HCM City authorities are considering ways to expand Tân Sơn Nhất airport, including building more passenger terminals and speeding up approved expansion projects on military land.

Medical equipment and machinery used in hospitals across Việt Nam require significant upgrades, and the management for these expensive devices is currently lacking.

Youth volunteers help clean an open sewage canal in An Hòa Commune, Rạch Giá District in the southern province of Kiên Giang as part of a summer campaign.