The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs needs to set up a council to assess and define poor districts in order to support fast and sustainable poverty reduction, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said yesterday.

Lương Hậu Tân, director of the Mường Chà District Health Centre in the northern highland province of Điện Biên, says he has seen an increasing number of suicide attempts by villagers drinking weed killers.

The HCM City Department of Information and Communication is working with companies to provide free wi-fi for 100,000 workers by 2019.

Ensuring social security, knowledge and stable incomes for workers is a top priority for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Việt Nam, Deputy Minister of  Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Doãn Mậu Diệp, said yesterday. He spoke at the opening of a Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) from these countries in central Đà Nẵng City.

Repairing newly-built substandard offshore fishing vessels is a matter of great economic, political and social significance that should be done immediately, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng said yesterday.

As many as 164 fire fighting police teams across Việt Nam took part in the first national search and rescue competition held yesterday by Ministry of Public Security.

The rainy season is a peak time for infectious diseases, and the last few weeks have seen a surge in the number of patients with dengue fever.

The central city plans to develop two new urban in Ngũ Hành Sơn and Hòa Vang districts on total area of more than 1,000ha later this year.

The Hòa Bình People’s Committee on Monday temporarily stopped two companies from exploiting sand and gravel from the Đà River in Kỳ Sơn District.