As a central hospital, Chợ Rẫy Hospital needs to boost co-operation with provincial- and district-level hospitals to reduce its constant overcrowding, Lương Ngọc Khuê, head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, said.

The HCM City People’s Committee has scrapped construction permits for individual houses on a trial basis in residential areas where the 1/500 scale detailed planning is complete.

Lâm Đồng Province has petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to grant funds for repairing 28 reservoirs that threaten production and livelihoods of local residents.

A class of love located at the busy and crowded HCM City has became a dear school of 60 poor children who didn’t have enough money to go to school for over the last 17 years.

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A floodgate of Hòa Bình Reservoir belonging to the Hòa Bình Hydro-power Company was opened at 12pm on Friday in northern Hòa Bình Province to bring down its water level.

The opening ceremony of Trịnh Công Sơn walking street will be postponed until October 10, instead of August 19 as planned.

The University of Đà Nẵng in collaboration with Fablab (fabrication laboratory) Đà Nẵng, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Arizona State University (ASU) officially launched a Maker Innovation Space in the central city on August 11.

An additional 300 buses will operate in Hà Nội to meet commuter demand during the three-day holiday for the 72nd anniversary of National Day, starting September 2.