A conference on Vietnamese women’s role in the fourth industrial revolution held in HCM City on Tuesday highlighted the need for female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and overcome entrenched barriers such as gender disparities and lack of leadership roles.

After a month of implementation, Sài Gòn river buses carry just some 1,000 passengers a day, too little to be considered an alternative to reduce traffic congestion as was expected.

The sustainable development of the Mekong Delta must go in hand with its long-term ability to recover and adapt to the multi-dimensional impacts of climate change, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has said.

The Cần Thơ – Phụng Hiệp BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) toll station in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ became the latest toll station in the country to slash fees after drivers’ complaints.

HCM City has taken the lead in prenatal and newborn screening, with 80 per cent of total births in the country receiving screening since 2011, according to the city’s Population and Family Planning Division.

Facebook Messenger is reported to be under attack in recent days by a new virus.

A programme of cooperation in support of ethnic minority development for the period 2017-20 was launched on Wednesday.

Hà Nội plans to put up kiosks at hospitals for people to lodge complains or their dissatisfaction about health check-ups and treatment quality via a software.

Over 190 workers from a wooden furniture company in the southern province of Đồng Nai underwent health checks after eating lunch on Tuesday.