Two training ships from the Japan Coast Guard, the JS Setoyuki and JS Shimayuki, and 390 crew members started a three-day friendly visit in Đà Nẵng yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Security has proposed charges against four former executives of Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) for abusing their positions and power to appropriate assets.

Doctors at the University Medical Center in HCM City have warned of an increasing incidence of stomach cancer among young people.

The southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is facing a shortage of human resources in the public healthcare sector, especially specialists.

The HCM City authorities will focus on administrative reform and an improved investment environment for businesses for 2019.

HCM City has seen a slight decrease in the number of measles, dengue fever, and hand, foot and mouth cases since mid-February, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked the Government Inspectorate of Việt Nam to look into residents’ complaints about land acquisition for a construction project in the port city of Hải Phòng.

Dương Mạnh Huy learned about a project in which young doctors would volunteer to work in poor districts and on islands when he was a fourth-year student at the Hà Nội Medical University.