Residents of Điện Bàn Township in Quảng Nam Province have set up protest camps outside Việt Pháp Steel Factory, objecting to the pollution it is causing, online newspaper Dân Trí reported.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines has asked all its passengers to do check-in procedures two hours before the departure time of their domestic flights at the Nội Bài International Airport.

The Government has green lighted the 1,000-bed Tiền Giang General Hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Mỹ Tho.

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.