Việt Nam News

The second phase of the MobileKids Vietnam programme and Safety with Moki Tour at Chi Lăng and Hoàng Văn Thụ primary schools in HCM City’s Gò Vấp District kicked off yesterday (July 7).

The Korean-Vietnamese Peace Foundation, in co-operation with Quảng Nam Provincial Friendship Association, officially launched the ‘Green Playgrounds’ for primary schools in Điện Dương Ward with funding from the Lotte Scholarship Foundation in a ceremony on July 7.

Three more diphtheria cases were recorded on Tuesday in a rural village in Gia Lai, bringing the total infections in the mountainous province to 13. 

Leading officials of Đồng Nai Lottery Company in the southern province of Đồng Nai were sentenced up to 16 years in prison for causing losses of nearly VNĐ79 billion (US$3.4 million), the provincial court announced on Monday.

The General Hospital of Huế successfully performed a kidney transplant for a female patient.

Việt Nam’s innovative pharmaceutical industry has potential to create value for the nation. Despite the challenges of the regulatory environment, there are many opportunities offered by Việt Nam’s resources and workforce, participants heard at a dialogue in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

A project to upgrade the school of medicine of the Việt Nam National University - HCM City (VNU - HCM City) to the university of health science will be submitted to Government for approval this year.

A new severe heatwave is forecast to hit northern and central regions in the next few days with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre.

The percentage of organic livestock products is expected to reach about 1-2 per cent of the total domestic livestock products

For a poor single mother who couldn’t afford to send her kid to an English language centre but wanted her to speak English fluently, the tourist-crowded complex in her hometown in northern Ninh Bình Province was a godsend.

Tuyết, a resident of Hoàng Liệt Ward, who had to go to Bạch Mai hospital twice in two days for check-ups, couldn't find a private parking lot outside the hospital to park her bike.

A workshop was held in Hà Nội on Monday to look into a draft implementation plan for the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention No 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining.

The experts said the number of workers specialised in dealing with typhoons was few and the country lacked necessary equipment for them.

Telecom service providers sent over 15 billion text messages regarding COVID-19 control and prevention during the first half of 2020 and received donations via text for victims of the pandemic totalling VNĐ152 billion (US$6.58 million).

Việt Nam recorded fourteen new COVID-19 patients who are Vietnamese citizens returning from overseas and were quarantined upon arrival.

14 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Monday evening, all imported

Huệ also told the contractors to pay more attention to the labour safety for workers, as well as ensure the quality of each work.