Students face several diseases at the beginning of the new school year, such as dengue fever, foot-hand-mouth disease, measles and flu, so epidemic prevention efforts should be strengthened, health experts warned.

The grassroots-level health care network has been expanded nationwide, meeting public demand for health care, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.

The central city, in co-operation with the Việt Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) Group officially signed an agreement for the ‘smart city’ project over the next two years.

Chairman of Hòa Bình Province’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Quang has ordered authorities of Kỳ Sơn District to arrange a resettlement area for residents whose houses have been vulnerable to landslides on Road 445.

Police in southern Bình Thuận Province have set up a special police unit to crack down on illegal loan sharks, which have reportedly been increasing their activities with many sophisticated tricks that ensnare locals in never-ending debt traps.

The construction of the tunnel through the Cù Mông Mountain Pass connecting Bình Định and Phú Yên provinces is expected to be completed by the end of this year, three months ahead of schedule.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee has approved the allocation of VNĐ15 trillion (US$652 million) for the implementation of 14 urgent transport projects.

 More than 350 of nearly 3,000 irrigation structures in the northern province of Tuyên Quang are seriously degraded and at risk of breaking down at any point during the ongoing rainy season.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc agreed to the construction of a US$45 million bridge connecting the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Nghệ An under a public-private partnership (PPP) project, according to the Government.