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Fireworks light up Hà Nội sky celebrating success of the 14th National Party Congress

Việt Nam hosts regional cardio-metabolic education forum

Diabetes, as a major public health issue, will be addressed across multiple fronts, from prevention and disease management to patient care and engagement, health experts have said.

Bayer Agricademy trains fruit, coffee farmers

Some 400 pomelo, durian and coffee farmers from Highlands, South-eastern and Mekong Delta provinces are attending seven classes for advanced training in agronomy, cultivation techniques and integrated pest management.

Two dead, eight injured in explosion

Two people died and at least eight others were injured in an explosion before dawn yesterday at a construction site on the Long Thành golf course.

Gang caught at border bringing drugs from Cambodia

Police from HCM City and neighbouring Tây Ninh Province arrested four people for allegedly trying to smuggle four kilogrammes of methamphetamine and ecstasy across the border from Cambodia into Tây Ninh on Friday (June 14).

Second lieutenant commits suicide after shooting people

A second lieutenant with the Long An Border Guards shot three people before turning the gun on himself on Saturday.

IoT startup competition launched in HCM City

AmCham Vietnam organises blood donation campaign

The American Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (AmCham Vietnam) and the HCM City Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion have begun a blood donation campaign to mark World Blood Donor Days, June 14.

Mekong Delta’s main red onion growing area adopts new farming models

Farmers in Sóc Trăng Province’s Vĩnh Châu Town, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s largest red onion producer, have adopted new efficient farming models for growing the bulbs in the rainy season.

Anesthetists share new techniques at regional conference in Hà Nội

More than 200 health experts around Asia exchanged latest studies and advanced techniques on anesthesia and analgesia at the 9th international conference on Regional Anesthesia in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Đồng Tháp converts rice fields to grow more lucrative crops

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp have switched to growing short-term crops often in rotation with rice and perennial trees on more than 16,000ha of infertile rice fields since last year.

HCM City People’s Council demands detailed roadmaps for road construction

The HCM City People’s Council's Committee for Economy and Policies on Tuesday instructed relevant departments and agencies to draw up a clear roadmap for building Belt Roads No.2 and 3.

HCM City to build civil status database

HCM City plans to set up a database on civil status to store and manage basic information related to population management of all citizens by 2020, with total cost estimated at VNĐ260 billion (US$11.15 million).

HCM City strengthens drug prevention measures

HCM City People’s Committee has instructed local departments to strengthen preventive measures against drug crimes as a response to National Action Month on Drug Prevention and Control.

Blood donors needed to save more lives

Although emergency blood donations in remote, border and island areas have been launched in recent years, they are yet to meet the needs of urgent cases.

Trà Vinh to invest $1.5 million in resettlement project

The southern province of Trà Vinh People’s Committee has decided to invest VNĐ35 billion (US$1.5 million) in implementing a resettlement project for people affected by landslides in Cầu Ngang town and Thuận Hòa Commune, Cầu Ngang District.

Việt Nam makes progress on African swine fever vaccine

Việt Nam has worked on clinical trials of a vaccine against African swine fever and gained initial success, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.

Ten detained for causing public disorder in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu

Police in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s Phú Mỹ Town have detained ten people for allegedly causing public disorder and damaging property following an illegal sale of land in the commune.

Two pilots killed in military aircraft crash in Khánh Hòa

Two trainee pilots were killed when their military aircraft crashed in the central province of Khánh Hòa on Friday morning, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Serious collision between truck and car, five dead

A serious accident occurred at about 6am on Friday on Highway 22 in Trảng Bàng District, the southern province of Tây Ninh, between a truck and a car, leaving five people dead, including one child.

HCM City rate of smokers getting tobacco dependence treatment remains low

Nguyễn Văn Đảng, 61, of HCM City is getting treatment for nicotine dependence after dozens of years of smoking that led to serious health complications.