Việt Nam News

HCM City plans to build 412 inland waterway berths in 21 districts in the next decade to exploit the potential of its 1000-km long network of canals and rivers for transport and tourism development.

Associate Professor Bùi Thanh Hương from the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan talks to Nhân Dân (The People) newspaper about the recovery of domestic tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Việt Nam is seen as a bright spot in HIV/AIDS prevention and control as the epidemic has been well controlled in the country in recent years, experts said at a conference.

Two more community infections of COVID-19 have been detected in HCM City, both connected to the teacher who broke Viet Nam’s three month run of no locally transmitted cases. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of all commercial flights to Việt Nam. 

The Ministry of Health have said the case was caused when a flight attendant from Vietnam Airlines who had tested positive for the virus “lowered his guard” and met with friends and family when he should have been self-isolating.

The Ministry of Health has instructed the HCM City Department of Health to use software for information management at health stations in wards and communes.

The incidence of type 2 diabetes in younger adults has increased dramatically in Việt Nam, doctors have said.

The order honours individuals with distinct contributions to Spain and its relations with other countries.

The life of Huy has changed since he was adopted by Lieutenant Vũ Hải Ninh, an officer of Kim Sơn Border Guard in the northern Ninh Bình Province in 2019.

Each year Việt Nam has about 4,177 new cases of cervical cancer and 2,420 deaths due to this disease.

Bus companies in Hà Nội may have to close some routes if a plan to subsidise public transport is not settled on time.

HCM City is speeding up urban projects in the suburbs and inter-regional areas, including major roads, in an aim to improve the quality of life for its citizens.

Pepper farmers in Kiên Giang Province’s Phú Quốc District are developing their pepper orchards in combination with tourism services to maintain cultivation areas and improve income as the price has declined in recent years.

For the first time in three months, Việt Nam has recorded a community infection of COVID-19.

UN Women and the European Union have given the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Award to Friesland Campina Viet Nam (owner of Dutch Lady, Friso, Fristi, Yomost and other brands) for its commitment to and achieving a gender-responsive marketplace and gender-inclusive workplace.

More than 500 teachers, parents and children attended the School Milk Festival Day, jointly held by the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) and the southern province of Vĩnh Long’s Department of Education and Training on November 24.

Young people from the border district of Mường Lát in Thanh Hóa Province have been planting protective forests to limit the increasing risk of landslides.