Việt Nam News

A delegation from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), led by Laids Cea, Representative of the UN-Habitat Office in Asia-Pacific, has worked with leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ on co-operation in implementing a global agreement on climate and energy in the locality.

Police in Hà Nội’s Sơn Tây Township have fined a local teenager VNĐ6.25 million (US$269) for spreading fake news about the use of drugs to treat acute respiratory infection caused by a new strain of coronavirus.

Rescuers are still trying to find a missing child following a serious waterway accident in Sóc Trăng Province.

The Red Spring festival, the year's biggest blood donation event, was launched in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

All Vietnamese staff, including health workers and those who served tourists on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, have tested negative for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the central Thừa Thiên Huế Province’s Department of Health has announced.

Along with face masks, demand for vitamin C supplements has soared due to fears of the coronavirus, but doctors have warned overdoing it may cause severe health problems.

Lecturers and students at many universities in HCM City and elsewhere are making hand sanitisers, which are much in demand, and giving them for free to staff and students amid the public health emergency caused by the new coronavirus.

HCM City yesterday (February 11) launched a trial model of an operation centre each for smart health and education as part of its project to turn into a smart city.

Provincial Departments of Education and Training will soon decide what set of textbooks are used for first graders in their province. Deputy head of the Secondary Education Department of the Ministry of Education and Training Nguyễn Xuân Thành updates Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper on the issue

The Sài Gòn river bus, launched with fanfare two years ago in HCM City, has not proved to be popular with commuters.

Vietnamese scientists will test the effectiveness and safety of using HIV/AIDS medication to treat those infected with the novel coronavirus (nCov).

All owners of the nine-seat or above transportation vehicles will have to finish the installation of the cameras by July 1, 2021, thanks to a decree recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Trịnh Thị Tuyết Lan, the doctor in charge of this case, said they were worried as no treatment regimen had been developed while deaths were increasing daily.

As all provinces continue closing schools in response to unexpected development of the novel coronavirus outbreak, parents’ concerns over their children’s academic performances keep rising.

The Government has approved the construction of Vĩnh Tuy Bridge 2 spanning the Hồng (Red) River in Hà Nội with investment of more than VNĐ2.5 trillion (US$108.7 million) sourced from the city’s budget.

Border guards in HCM City’s Long Hòa Town have caught two barges illegally mining sand off the coast of Cần Giờ.

Hà Nội’s Department of Transport will repair the degraded road surface of Thăng Long Boulevard, a gateway to the west of the city, to ensure traffic safety.