The HCM City administration has called for providing antiretroviral therapy for people with HIV/AIDS at more and more health facilities to ensure patients get uninterrupted treatment.

The Việt Nam Union of Science and Technology Association has called for clearer tax guidance and policies for non-State science and technology organisations as they are required to submit tax reports and pay taxes like corporates even though they operate as non-profit organisations.

A two-metre long bomb with a diameter of 0.5-0.6 metres was fished out of the Hồng (Red) River in Hà Nội yesterday.

The first cold spell of winter in the northern region has brought with it an increase in sicknesses like measles, mumps, flu and chicken pox, local reports say.

The United Nations has approved an additional allocation of US$4.21 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to assist 150,000 people, including 46,973 children, in six provinces affected by the devastating Typhoon Damrey.

There has been a sharp year-on-year increase in the number of people suffering from serious mental illnesses, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Last weekend, the health department of the northern mountainous province Sơn La held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 550-bed general hospital.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam hosted a reception in Hà Nội yesterday for a delegation from the Foreign Press Association (APES) in Switzerland and Liechtenstein led by its President Jean Musy.

The People’s Committee of Đắk Lắk Province’s Tân Lợi Ward has decided to halt the operation of the night market, until the organising unit submits all the papers.