Đắk R’Lấp District General Hospital has received five patients with A/H1N1 virus since early this month in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông.

Teachers and therapists from schools and hospitals around the country on Monday resumed training in practical autism intervention skills.

The Cát Linh - Hà Đông elevated railway in Hà Nội has been connected to the national power grid for its trial operation this month, according to the railway project management board. The train has undergone a test run on each section in July before being tested on the whole system next month, a representative of the board said.

People require medical care even before they fall sick, said health minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến at the opening of a training programme to improve the quality of local clinics and the country’s grass-roots level health care system, in Đan Phượng District, Hà Nội.

People with HIV/AIDS in the south-eastern province of Đồng Nai who have public health insurance can now go to any medical facility for treatment without requiring a transfer order from their designated hospital.

The HCM City Federation of Labour on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saigontourist Cable TV Company (SCTV) to carry out a preferential programme for low prices for television and internet service packages for manual workers.

A fire broke out at dawn and quickly ripped through 59 Việt households in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Tuesday, reported Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) online newspaper.

A plane was grounded at Đồng Hới Airport in Quảng Bình Province for repairs on Monday after a slight collision with a bird.

Doctors at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City performed surgery to remove a 4-kilo tumour in the abdomen of a 64-year-old woman late last month, the hospital said in a press release yesterday