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Prime Minister orders urgent flood response as storm threat looms

Ten die in construction accident

As of 5pm, the local medical sector confirmed 10 people were killed in the accident, including eight who died on the spot and two others at the district hospital.

City launches contest on AI applications

The HCM City Department of Science and Technology on May 14 launched a contest to find and support artificial intelligence (AI) application projects for use in trade and other sectors.

Ten people killed, several injured in Đồng Nai wall collapse

Ten people have been killed and several others injured in a wall collapse at Giang Điền Industrial Zone, Trảng Bom District, Đồng Nai Province on Thursday afternoon.

VN's latest update of COVID-19 as of 6pm, May 14

An Giang quarantine camp escapee returns

A Vietnamese man who escaped from a quarantine centre in southern An Giang Province after entering Việt Nam illegally from Cambodia by boat has returned, the local Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control has said.

Central province faces drought due to extreme hot weather

Although it is just the beginning of the dry season, many districts in the central province of Quảng Ngãi are already suffering the effects of extremely hot weather and drought.

Preferential programme promotes solar power

The HCM City Power Corporation Corporation under Viet Nam Electricity (EVNHCMC) is co-operating with suppliers to carry out preferential programmes to encourage enterprises and individuals in the city to use solar power.

26 Vietnamese people volunteer to donate lungs to British pilot

As many as 26 Vietnamese people have volunteered to donate part of their lungs to save a critically ill British pilot, Việt Nam’s 91st COVID-19 patient, the National Co-ordination Centre for Human Organ Transplantation has said.

Pedestrian streets around Hoàn Kiếm Lake to reopen

After remaining closed for more than three months, the People's Committee of Hoan Kiem district in Ha Noi has announced the capital city’s popular ‘walking streets’ will reopen on Friday (May 15).

Eight patients recover from COVID-19, total at 260

Eight more patients with COVID-19 have recovered at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Thursday, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 260.

Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu reservoirs face dead water levels

Due to the prolonged dry season, water levels at many reservoirs in the southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu are at or lower than dead water levels.

Đồng Tháp rice farmers switch to other higher value crops

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp has switched to growing other crops this year on 3,570ha of unproductive rice fields, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Transport ministry proposes increasing BOT toll fees as investors' revenues dropped

At present, a series of BOT (build-operation-transfer) projects is reporting considerably lower revenues compared to the original financial plans, as toll fee collection had plummeted due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Street food vendors required to wear face masks

Street food vendors will have to wear face masks from now on while preparing food and drinks for customers and maintain a distance of at least one metre from customers, Hà Nội’s Department of Health has said.

New study brings hope to infertile couples

Vương Thi Ngọc Lan, a specialist at the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, has brought hope to thousands of infertile couples in Việt Nam through a study about the efficiency between the transfer of fresh or frozen embryos in women without polycystic ovaries for in vitro fertilisation (IVF).