Việt Nam News

Việt Nam needs to shift from the use of conventional pesticides to biopesticides to “better manage weed growth, maintain a high agricultural yield, avoid resistant species, protect soil biodiversity and erosion, and reduce green-house emissions,” according to experts.

A 47-year-old man in HCM City with end-stage heart failure received a heart transplant with the donor being a brain-dead road accident victim in Hà Nội, doctors at HCM City’s Chợ Rẫy Hospital said.

Hà Nội’s Construction Department plans to trim trees at high risk of falling to ensure safety during the coming rainy season, deputy director of the department Hoàng Cao Thắng has said.

One person has died and dozens of houses have damaged in two days of heavy rain and thunder in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang, provincial authorities have said.

More than 200 Vietnamese citizens have arrived home after being repatriated from Kuwait, Egypt and Qatar.

A female Vietnamese passenger has died after falling while disembarking from a flight at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport, HCM City, Vietnam Airlines said.

The Sài Gòn Railway Transport Joint Stock Company is offering a total of 4,600 tickets at a discount of 50 per cent between June 22 and July 8 to attract summer vacationers.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has stressed that the great, direct and multi-faceted contribution of the country's media and press agencies had made an important contribution to the victory over COVID-19 in Việt Nam.

Less invasive surgery procedures are being performed during one-day stays at many public hospitals in HCM City, resulting in lower costs, reduced incidences of infections contracted during hospital stays, and reduction in patient overcrowding.

Việt Nam’s economic engine HCM City has the country’s lowest fertility rate of 1.53, according to the Ministry of Health’s latest report in June. 

HCM City has invested in a number of mega transportation projects aiming at reducing traffic congestions in the period 2016 – 2020, according to a report at a meeting between a delegation from the HCM City People’s Council and relevant agencies and departments of HCM City on 10 June 2020.

A new high-speed boat service between downtown HCM City and outlying Củ Chi District through Bình Dương Province will begin early next month.

A number of public universities in HCM City that have been granted financial autonomy are planning to increase tuition in the 2020-2021 academic year.

One imported COVID-19 case was confirmed in Việt Nam on Wednesday morning, bringing the total to 335, said the Ministry of Health.

Two more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital on Tuesday afternoon (June 16), bringing the total number of recovered patients to 325 in Việt Nam.

The Deputy PM appreciated the press’s social criticism, adding it should maintain this work to contribute more to national development.