A total of 13,500 trees were planted along highways nationwide on Tuesday in response to the post-Lunar New Year tree planting festival, said Nguyễn Văn Huyện, director of the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam (DRVN).

The number of flu patients hospitalised has increased sharply for the last month, said Đào Xuân Cơ, head of Bạch Mai Hospital’s Department of Intensive Care on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Distracted driving led to a severe accident on February 8 (the fourth day of Lunar New Year) killing three people and injuring five others in Hoằng Quỳnh Commune, Hoằng Hoá District, Thanh Hoá Province Police announced on Tuesday.

The planned multi-trillion đồng flood-prevention project in HCM City is expected to resume soon after being delayed since late April last year, said the investor. 

Lê Hữu Chí from HCM City’s District 5 went to the city’s Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital for a check-up that he booked online. Less than 15 minutes after the tests, the results were sent to his smartphone and the doctor’s tablet.

Tăng Chí Thượng, deputy director of HCM City’s Department of Health, speaks to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper about this year’s plans for the health sector.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, donors gave blood to help sick people in Hà Nội.

The People’s Committee of northern province of Quảng Ninh has submitted a project on building an undersea tunnel at Cửa Lục Bay to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc for approval.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam yesterday praised the efforts of scientists who are participating in projects in Việt Nam and in the development of the country’s science and education sector while meeting 70 representatives in Hà Nội.