A patient diagnosed with swine flu (A/H1N1) has died while another is in critical condition in Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City, health officials said on June 8.

An appeal court on Friday ruled in favour of Đinh Mạnh Thắng, the younger brother of former Politburo member Đinh La Thăng, reducing his sentence for corruption to seven years in prison.

The number of agricultural households has decreased gradually in HCM City, according to a recent report on results of the Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census conducted by the General Statistics Office.

Some farmers in the south central province of Ninh Thuận have gone green.

Kiên Giang Province, the country’s largest rice producer, plans to shift 86,625ha of unproductive rice fields to aquaculture and cultivation of other high-value crops from now to 2020.

Ninety per cent of assaults against medical workers occurred while they were treating patients and those actions should be prevented.

The head of the Central Citizen Board of the Government Inspectorate yesterday met with representatives of residents to settle a contentious land dispute in the Thủ Thiêm new urban area in HCM City’s District 2.

Summer programmes for children are offering a variety of soft skills training until August 15, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam, the HCM City Department of Transport and other agencies held a meeting on Thursday to discuss solutions to Tân Sơn Nhất Airport’s flooding problem.