Only around 10 per cent of patients infected with hepatitis C can afford treatment costs because the medications are expensive and not covered by medical insurance, according to a recent survey by the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

A taxi driver in Đà Nẵng has been fired after a tourist reported being overcharged for a short trip in the city last week.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed an order designed to encourage power savings and ensure national power security, environmental protection and sustainable development. 

At the end of July, there were 65 high-rise apartment buildings that failed to observe fire safety regulations regarding their construction, according to the city’s Department of Fire Prevention and Fighting.

The local administration has a problem on its hands as nearly 450 cows in Ia Sao Commune, Ayun Pa Town, in Central Highlands' Gia Lai Province, have contracted foot-and-mouth disease.

A walk to honour families of Agent Orange victims and poor disabled people who have managed to overcome their difficulties was organised on August 5 at the Đầm Sen Cultural Park in HCM City to mark the Day for AO/Dioxin Victims, August 10.

The regional minimum wage for 2018 is expected to increase by 6.5 per cent, equal to VNĐ180,000-230,000 (US$8-10) a month, believed to be the lowest increase ever.

Nearly 80 professors, scientists and researchers from 17 countries gathered at an international conference themed “Star formation in different environments” that opened at the International Centre of Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhơn City, the central province of Bình Định, yesterday. 

It is time for most of people to come back home to reunite with family members and have a rest after a long working day as night came on. But it is not for Hồ Tuấn Sang.