Two more Vietnamese universities won places on a list of Asia’s top universities, bringing to seven the country’s number of universities on the list compiled by the London-based education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

A couple from the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Lâm Đồng has been fined VNĐ30 million (US$1,300) for carrying cash exceeding the permitted amount without customs declaration when checking out for international exit at airport.

 Vietwater 2018, an international exhibition on water supply and sewerage, will be organised from November 7 to 9 this year at the Sài Gòn Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City.

The ancient city of Hội An has opened a wastewater treatment station to collect and clean 2,000 cubic metres of wastewater before pumping into the Hoài River whilst stopping pollution around its famous Japanese Bridge.

The Central Highlands Province of Gia Lai has deployed screening and surveillance programs in all the villages and households in the province to eradicate leprosy.

Patients taking intravenous therapy must strictly follow their doctor’s prescription to minimise possible side effects, doctors affirmed after recent tragedies have illustrated the dangers of intravenous medicines.

Local authorities in the Mekong Delta are taking serious measures to prevent flooding caused by high tides during the annual flood season in the area.

Doctors from Đà Nẵng-Hoàn Mỹ Hospital have successful operated on a five-month-old baby with congenital heart disease. The child is now fully recovered 10 days after surgery.

First piloted on downtown streets of Trần Hưng Đạo and Lý Thường Kiệt in Hoàn Kiếm District, the iParking service is now being deployed at 156 spots in seven urban districts.