Although access to credit is seen as a key factor in ending poverty, just 29 per cent or so rural households have received loans, a new report says.

 Dumping waste mud into Quy Nhơn City’s sea must not harm natural protection and aquaculture production areas, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà said.

The Cardiovascular Centre under the Cần Thơ Central General Hospital, which is the largest and most modern centre in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, opened on Tuesday (Nov 7) in Cần Thơ.

Experts have called for widening roads, improving transport connectivity and greater use of technology to prevent congestion outside Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City.

Hundreds of households in An Tiên Village, Xuân Giang Commune of central province of Hà Tĩnh's Nghi Xuân District are living in fear due to a large petrol warehouse which has come up in the vicinity, on an area of 14,000sq.m and belonging to Miền Trung Company.

The undersea Asia-America Gateway (AAG) internet cable – one of the six cables connecting Việt Nam with the rest of the world – has ruptured since Tuesday morning.

The Ministry of Health has promulgated a document to inspect the quality of hospitals and medical workers and satisfaction of patients this year.

The number of victims of Typhoon Damrey continues to rise, with 89 killed, 18 missing and 174 injured in the central and south-central regions.

A large-scale weapon ring specialising in manufacturing, using and trafficking military weapons in several cities and provinces across the country has been raided and busted, HCM City police force said on Nov 6.