Nhân Chính Park, covering a total area of 13.2ha in Hà Nội’s two districts of Thanh Xuân and Cầu Giấy, has finally opened to the public more than a year behind schedule.

Eleven households – a total of 43 people – in Mỹ Hòa Hưng Commune in the southern province of An Giang were urgently evacuated from areas prone to erosion, reported online dantri.com.vn.

A temporary road, worth VNĐ4.5 billion (US$193,500), will be urgently built to serve travelling demand of vehicles via a section of Nội Bài – Lào Cai Expressway in the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái’s Trấn Yên District.

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam, in one month, collected fines totalling nearly VNĐ18 billion (US$773,000) for traffic violations, reported online newspaper baotintuc.vn. 

As many as 62 buffaloes and cows have died so far this year due to hemorrhagic septicemia in Con Cuông District, the central province of Nghệ An.

The Hà Nội Department of Transport has rearranged traffic on several roads around Hoàn Kiếm district to reduce traffic jams in the area.

Việt Nam has instituted many screening programmes for diabetes and pre-diabetes as part of efforts to reduce the rate of undiagnosed diabetics and protect people from cardiometabolic disorders which are intrinsically linked with diabetes and a major cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide, according to experts.

Mental health issues are widespread and increasing in Việt Nam, particularly among young people, experts said.

Trang Tuyết Ngà and her friends created affordable locally made medical equipment for neonatal intensive care that already saved the lives of 1.4 million babies.