The Ministry of Health has instructed people’s committees in provinces and cities throughout the country to ensure that preventive methods against hand-foot-mouth disease are being carried out as the number of incidences has increased.

A series of activities aiming to raise young people’s awareness abut the Việt Nam’s implementation of the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals will take place in Hà Nội this December.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy on Tuesday has finalised charges against Huỳnh Nam Dũng, former management board chairman of Mekong Housing Bank (MHB), and sixteen accomplices. They are accused of abuse of power and irresponsibility that wrought serious consequences.

Eighteen individuals and groups won prizes at the Vietnamese Women Awards this year on the occasion of the upcoming national Women’s Day (October 20).

Despite the increasing challenges facing land transport, HCM City has yet to use nearly 1,000km of rivers and canals for the purpose.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has proposed building a world-class paediatric hospital in Cẩm Lệ District, with an estimated price tag of US$300 million.

Obstetricians at Hùng Vương Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital in HCM City on Monday saved the life of a 27-year-old woman suffering from uterine inversion, a rare and fatal childbirth complication, thanks to the inter-hospital red alert.

The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health warned yesterday that flooding and rains in central and northern provinces could trigger disease outbreaks.

Nguyễn Viết Cường of Buôn Hồ Town in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk took drugs for almost 14 years, since he was 16, as evidenced by the needle marks on his arms. For years, he used to go out at night to meet other drug addicts whom he called friends. They gathered in local cemeteries or other quiet spots to inject drug.