Slow compensation to clear existing residents has delayed construction on a new facility for HCM City Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopaedics for six years.

HCM City in recent years has built a number of multi-million dollar roads, including the Hà Nội, Nguyễn Văn Linh and Phạm Văn Đồng highways, but footbridges.and public restroom facilities were not included as part of the projects.  

Twenty years have passed since the young doctor, Trịnh Đức Thiện, left Huế City for the remote and mountainous A Vao Commune in central Quảng Trị Province’s Đăk Rông District to work after graduating from medical college.

HCM City authorities are set to step up oversight of inland waterway transport to ensure safety and smoother movement of goods and passengers.

Artichokes produced in Lào Cai Province contain a high concentration of cynarin, which can assist in lowering cholesterol and breaking down unwanted fat. Farmers in the region are cashing in on increased demand. 

The Việt Nam-Sustainable Agriculture Transformation Project (VnSAT) in the Mekong Delta has helped raise farm profits by 14 per cent after two years of implementation, according to Đặng Minh Cường, the project’s deputy head.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ plans to develop a 700ha specialised fruit growing area for export in Phong Điền District.

Almost 90 per cent of local markets in Hà Nội don’t meet fire safety standards.

While the number of traffic accidents on Vietnamese roads decreased in the first quarter of this year, fatalities rose.