Việt Nam’s health sector in 2019: achievements and drawbacks

Last year witnessed significant achievements in Việt Nam’s healthcare sector, bringing hope for more patients. However, severe medical incidents raised the alarm of poor management that needed to be improved to ensure every citizen can live a healthy and happy life.

Outstanding workers gifted air tickets for Tết

The HCM City unit of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union has provided free air travel to more than 1,000 outstanding workers in HCM City and Đồng Nai and Bình Dương provinces for returning home for Tết (Lunar New Year).

PM asks for sufficient supply of goods for Tết

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has assigned agencies to ensure enough good quality and reasonably priced commodity supplies for all people, especially those in mountainous and disaster-hit areas.

Irrigation works seriously  encroached

Irrigation works in Bắc Ninh Province have been plagued with illegal construction and dumping in recent years, causing serious impacts on agricultural production and people’s daily lives.

Quality key to pepper growth, not quantity

For two decades, farmer Tô Nguyễn Hồ Hải in Central Highlands Gia Lai Province grew peppers, enjoying a boon in production. It was gold rush for pepper farmers.

Programme for poor launched

The programme “Charity strength 2020” was launched on Saturday by the Vietnam Red Cross Society calling for donations to support poor residents and help them enjoy Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.

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