The Việt Nam Medical Association and Cancer Patients Assistance Fund “For a Brighter Future” and the Cancer Research Institute put up 50 bookshelves in Hà Nội-based K Hospital on Wednesday.

Nearly 70 ha of rice crop was inundated by flood waters in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang’s Vĩnh Hội Đông Commune.

The health department of Hòa Bình Province on Wednesday said it was demoting the director of Hòa Bình General Hospital, Dr Trương Quý Dương, after eight patients undergoing dialysis died.

The Ministry of Transport will quickly fix shortcomings related to collecting fee at Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations in the country.

Many roads and pavements in HCM City have again been encroached by illegal parking areas and street vendors after city authorities halted their campaign to clear the pavements four months ago.

When it comes to social housing or affordable housing for low-income earners, funding is usually a key factor in such projects. However, once the projects are completed, problems in planning, investment management and efficiency tend to crop up.

With demand for sand for construction rising even as prices are skyrocketing, Deputy Prime Minister Trương Đình Dũng has recommended the use of other materials in construction in place of natural sand.

The People’s Court of outlying Mỹ Đức district of Hà Nội on Wednesday pronounced sentences at the first instance trial on law violations regarding land management in the district’s Đồng Tâm commune.

Authorities and people across the country are joining hands and promoting all effort to support locals in northern mountain provinces that have been hard hit by torrential rains and floods due to storm in the past week.