Việt Nam News

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hà Nội Nguyễn Đức Chung had a meeting in Hà Nội on Monday with Stephanie Đỗ, a French National Assembly deputy and head of the France – Việt Nam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group.

The Vinmec Medical System’s research group has revealed initial results of the Vietnamese genome decoding project after more than two years of research.

Hà Nội’s Police Department raided more than 20 bars and pubs in the Old Quarter area at around midnight on July 15, seizing nearly 10,000 funky balls and dozens of nitrous oxide tanks.

One person was killed and ten others were injured in a road accident in the central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk early on Tuesday morning.

As many as 56 children with genetic facial defects are receiving medical checkups and surgical operations during a programme held in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế from July 15 to 20.

Disruptive change is leading to the re-regulation of work and employment around the world, including in Việt Nam, Gregor Murray of the University of Montreal in Canada, said.

Farmers in Ninh Thuận are not growing any summer – autumn crop on more than 1,500ha of land due to lack of water, according to the south-central province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Professor Hoàng Tuỵ, a prominent Vietnamese mathematician credited for being the father of global optimisation, a branch of applied mathematics that deals with functions, died on Sunday at the age of 91.

The annual five-day 14th Summer Camp for young overseas Vietnamese, which kicked off on Monday in HCM City, has attracted about 60 Vietnamese aged 12-25 from countries and territories worldwide.

The water in Hà Nội's Tô Lịch River has returned to its familiar polluted and foul-smelling state after running clear for a few days.

The Việt Nam National Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) has proposed building a port and warehouses for petrol and liquefied gas on Cái Tráp Island in the city of Hải Phòng’s Cát Hải District, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Among nine subjects in the National High School Examination this year, History remained the subject with lowest average score despite all subjects seeing increased averages from last year's exam, according to the results released by the Ministry of Training and Education on Sunday.

Heavy rain that has been falling since Saturday has flooded at least 918 houses and nearly 1,000ha of rice and vegetables in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng, according to the province’s Flood and Storm Prevention and Control, Search And Rescue Committee.

To reduce the population pressure on Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng Province authorities should not expand it but build satellite areas around it, an architect has said.

Recognising the importance of workplace safety, more and more businesses in HCM City have begun to invest in modern equipment and increased budgets for labour safety programmes.

The HCM City People’s Council has urged the city government to submit a long-awaited compensation policy for affected residents in the Thủ Thiêm new urban area in District 2 to the council for approval.

HCM City will begin implementing preferential policies next week to attract and retain talented people who can contribute to the city’s economic, social and cultural development.

Many hospitals in the country are using advanced industry 4.0 technologies to diagnose and treat ailments, helping improving healthcare, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn said.