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Public security official highlights benefits of cybersecurity compliance

Losing hearing does not discourage young man in Quảng Ninh from helping others

Despite losing his hearing in an accident when he was small, Duyệt is active in a number of volunteer activities.

Book donation programme hands out 40,000 books to primary schools

A total of 10,000 books on various subjects are being donated to 100 primary schools in HCM City under the HansaeYes24 Foundation’s book donation programme.

No new cases on Thursday morning

Nine more imported COVID-19 cases recorded in Việt Nam

Nine Indian men coming from to Việt Nam to work have tested positive for COVID-19, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,122.

Nine new imported cases on Wednesday evening

Red Cross and Red Crescent societies discuss humanitarian cooperation in Southeast Asia

Leaders of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Southeast Asia have shared experience and promoted regional cooperation in the field of humanitarian assistance and the Red Cross movement at an online meeting on Wednesday.

Rescue team finds one body, rescues 18 people trapped by landslides

They also removed the body of one person who had died at the plant in Phong Xuân Commune, Phong Điền District, the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế.

Country prepares for Typhoon Nangka

Experts from the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control discussed measures to cope with Typhoon Nangka – the seventh typhoon so far this year – during a meeting on Wednesday.

HCM City receives first train for Metro Line No 1

The Management Authority for Urban Railways of HCM City held a ceremony on Tuesday to receive the first train for the city’s Metro Line No 1 (Bến Thành-Suối Tiên).

Helicopters may be used in Rào Trăng 3 Hydropower Plant rescue mission

Two helicopters are ready to search for 30 missing victims of a landslide at a hydropower plant in central Viet Nam, which has claimed at least three lives so far.

Hải Phòng to get a new Rào Bridge

Work on a new Rào Bridge to replace the old degraded one was started on Tuesday in the northern port city of Hải Phòng.

New facilities at public hospitals provide better healthcare services

Many public hospitals in HCM City have added spacious facilities with modern equipment that have resulted in improved healthcare for patients.

Strict rules implemented to stop unwanted messages and advertising

Nguyễn Khắc Lịch, deputy director of the Information Safety Department under the Ministry of Information and Communication, talks to ViệtNamNet about measures to prevent spam messages and unwanted advertising.

Hà Nội-based hospital performs 1,000th kidney transplant

Doctors at Việt Đức (Việt Nam - Germany) Friendship Hospital have reached a new milestone as they performed the 1,000th successful kidney transplant at the hospital, an official from the hospital has confirmed.

First-grade textbooks cause furore

The Ministry of Education and Training on Sunday asked a national textbook assessment council to review the first-grade Vietnamese language textbook over concerns its content is inappropriate for first-graders.

HCM City People’s Council passes resolution on new ‘city within city’

The HCM City People’s Council has passed a resolution to merge HCM City’s eastern districts of 2, 9 and Thủ Đức into one administrative unit to create an innovation hub tentatively called Thủ Đức City.

Online training on diabetes for healthcare workers set up

The Vietnam Association of Diabetes & Endocrinology has collaborated with Sanofi-Aventis Vietnam Co., Ltd. to establish an online training programme on diabetes.

Central Retail donated relief materials to people hit by floods in Thừa Thiên-Huế

Big C Huế supermarket and the Vietnam Red Cross Society donated basic necessities to 500 families affected by floods in Hương Trà town in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province on October 13.

VN's COVID-19 update on Wednesday morning

Three new COVID-19 cases detected

Two Vietnamese women repatriated from Russia and a Malaysian man brought to the country as an expert worker have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of patients in Việt Nam to 1,113.