HCM City authorities have unveiled plans to expand the Cần Giờ Beach Tourist Zone by nearly five times to 2,870ha.

The accident happened at 5am on a road of Trung Nguyên Village, Trung Nguyên Commune, with the bus plowing into a group of pedestrians, killing five people instantly, while two others died later in hospital, said Hoàng Văn Hoan, head of office of the provincial traffic safety board.

More than 1,000 new cases of urinary bladder cancer are diagnosed in Việt Nam every year, according to HCM City’s Bình Dân Hospital.

Social workers in hospitals play an important role in connecting patients with hospital staff but the development of social work at health facilities still faces many challenges, according to an official from the health ministry.

The Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) aims to slash the social insurance debt ratio to below 1.7 per cent this year in an effort to ensure benefits for social insurance and health insurance card holders, said VSS deputy general director Đào Việt Ánh.

The number of people hospitalised in HCM City with contagious diseases this year has increased compared with the same period a year ago, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

Youth Union members in Việt Nam, with their ambition and creativity, play an enthusiastic role in protecting the environment.

African swine fever posed a substantial threat to the pig farming industry despite the measures being taken to stop the disease from spreading, said Nguyễn Xuân Cường at the first meeting of the national steering committee for the prevention and control of ASF held on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has called on Hậu Giang Province to make more efforts to become one of the leading localities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region in the next five years.