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All People's Health Day promotes early disease prevention

Vietnamese citizen infected with coronavirus in RoK

The government of the Republic of Korea said it will offer free treatment to Vietnamese nationals living in the country if they are infected.

Emergency physicians devote to save patients

In a 200-square-metre room, Dr Khâu Minh Tuấn is busy on his rounds, asking patients about why they are in hospital and performing a rapid medical evaluation.

Overseas Vietnamese invest nearly $2 billion in HCM City

More than 3,000 overseas Vietnamese had invested VNĐ45 trillion (US$1.94 billion) as of the end of last year in HCM City, an official said at a meeting on February 28 in the city.

Việt Nam vows to eliminate wildlife trade

Director of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Trịnh Lê Nguyên talks to Vietnamplus online newspaper on Việt Nam’s efforts to eliminate the wildlife trade

Mekong Delta farmers expand smart rice farming

Smart rice farming is offering high profits for farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta as the model has adapted well to climate change and is environmentally friendly.

Disadvantaged labourers given help to work abroad

Thanks to a number of support policies at the local level, hundreds of disadvantaged labourers in the country will have more opportunities to work abroad this year.

Schools closed for another week in Hà Nội

Students from kindergarten to high school in Hà Nội's public schools will not return to school until after March 8, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung has said.

Chinese exec of Cát Linh-Hà Đông rail project in quarantine

The Chinese director in charge of the long-delayed Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban railway project has been put under quarantine after recently returning from China.

Construction work on port starts in central province

A project to build the Mỹ Thủy Port kicked off on Thursday in the central province of Quảng Trị.

Some high schools, universities to open on Monday

University and high school students in 23 provinces will go back to school on March 2, local authorities announced on Friday.

US removes Việt Nam from list of areas vulnerable to community spread of SARS-CoV-19

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday decided to remove Việt Nam from the list of destinations vulnerable to community transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

More residents access clean water in Trà Vinh

A new project will supply clean water for 4,000 households suffering drought and saline intrusion.

South Korean man dies in Bắc Ninh Province, tests negative for COVID-19

A South Korean man who died near Bắc Ninh General Hospital on Tuesday tested negative for COVID-19, said deputy director of the Bắc Ninh Department of Information and Communications Vũ Huy Phương on Wednesday.

Safe farm develops from polluted dump

A man in the central city of Da Nang has turned a local dump into a high-tech garden to supply fresh and healthy vegetables to local residents and markets.

Quảng Trị’s women raise funds for the poor from scrap collection

More than 2,100 women in the central province of Quảng Trị have joined scrap-collecting clubs to raise funds to help disadvantaged women and children.

Army physicians battle age to help the needy

After returning wounded from the American War during the seventies, many military physicians decided to continue their mission to help people in need.

Vietnamese students in South Korea on a knife-edge amid coronavirus epidemic

Only after being notified of a SARS-CoV-2 infected case being quarantined at Ajou University Hospital in Gyeonggi Province, five minutes walking from her condo, did Phương Duyên rush back to Việt Nam.

HCM City improves oversight of State-owned housing, land

HCM City plans to complete inventory and check the status of state-owned houses and land this year to ensure that housing and land are being used for legitimate purposes.