Việt Nam News

The Essential Connector – a smartphone application for commuters – that has been jointly developed by Vietnamese and Swiss information technology engineers has been approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for public transport users in New York from May 2020.

Doctors at Binh Dan Hospital in HCM City have performed emergency surgery on three patients diagnosed with tuberculosis aortitis, a rare condition that can cause aortic rupture.

More than VNĐ806 billion (US$34.7 million) has been mobilised over the last few years to build 581 new rural bridges in An Giang Province.

Military clinic 715, established in 1995, offers health care services to not only those in the armed forces but also local residents.

Eight people have died and seven others injured after a coach collided with a lorry in the southern province of Bình Thuận.

All five are imported cases, four who came home from Russia and one that was repatriated from the US. All were immediately quarantined upon arrival.

Thousands of local residents in HCM City are participating in the national 8th blood-donation campaign Hành Trình Đỏ (Red Journey) that kicked off yesterday (July 21) in HCM City.

More than 300 Vietnamese citizens, stranded in Malaysia, have arrived at Việt Nam’s Cần Thơ International Airport on a specially arranged repatriation flight on Tuesday.

Three people have been killed and one other injured in flooding in Hoàng Su Phì District, the northern mountainous Hà Giang Province on Tuesday morning.

The Department of Health in the Central Highlands Province of Đắk Nông said two new cases of diphtheria have been recorded, raising the total number of infections to 32, including two deaths.

Five more COVID-19 patients recovered and were released from the treatment facility of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on Tuesday morning, bringing the country’s total cases given the all-clear to 365.

An 11-year-old girl from the northern province of Quảng Ninh is in a critical condition after accidentally drinking sulfuric acid, according to the National Children’s Hospital (NCH).

The Việt Nam Food Administration, under the Ministry of Health, has warned people to not purchase or consume Candy B+ Coffee Extra Power, a food product containing Tadalafil – a banned substance – after the administration recently received a notification from the Singaporean Health Sciences Authority.

The Ministry of Public Security said the suspects were arrested at about 0:30 am on Sunday after police inspected a 20-feet-long container.

Việt Nam has become a bright spot in the world in repelling the COVID-19 pandemic, said Takeshi Kasai, World Health Organisation Regional Director for the Western Pacific.

Cầu Kè District in Trà Vinh Province has received brand certifications for its three specialty products, Hòa Tân sáp coconut, Tân Qui mangosteen and Trà Ốt king orange, local authorities said on Thursday (July 16).