Việt Nam News

The country is facing a shortage of Salbutamol, a medication approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) to treat respiratory illnesses such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and prevent premature births. Experts say the shortage results from the widespread misuse of the drug to increase lean mass in animal husbandry.

Việt Nam and France have agreed to work together in urban development and building smart cities, with a focus on exchange of information and expertise in the fields.

In the first half of the year, HCM City's economy performed well, achieving growth of 7.86 per cent, up from 7.76 per cent a year earlier.

Hospitals in the country have been instructed to ensure health exams and treatment for insured patients as fees for 70 healthcare services will fall on July 15 under a newly issued circular, according to Deputy Minister of Health Phạm Lê Tuấn.

Hà Nội officials want to make it compulsory to open a new bank account to register a car.

Lâm Đồng People’s Committee has approved a pilot project to promote the Đà Lạt potato brand in an effort to combat Chinese potato, which claimed to be of Đà Lạt brand.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society yesterday received emergency aid from both domestic and foreign individuals and organisations to help households affected by the recent floods in the northern part of the country.

 The People’s Council of the Central Highlands Province of Gia Lai have found 126 out of 313 water supply works in the province are operating ineffectively or are even unused.

The central city’s environmental protection sub-department has been testing the quality of water samples taken from the ocean beside Đà Nẵng and at waste water discharge outlets after local residents and tourists suffered rashes after swimming at public beaches in recent scorching days.

Border guards in northern province of Điện Biên found a woman transporting about 3.5kg of heroin and 5kg of synthetic drugs on Wednesday.

The Investigation Police Agency of Hòa Bình province on July 2 launched legal proceedings against a leader and a former employee of Hòa Bình General Hospital for their involvement in the medical incident leaving eight patients dead at the kidney dialysis division.

Bến Tre Province is continuing to supervise five relatives and medical staff who had contact with a man who died on June 29 from swine flu.

Hà Nội University of Science and Technology (HUST) and SAP on Wednesday in Hà Nội signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to help equip young Vietnamese talents with digital skills needed for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has sent warning to provincial and city-level health departments, hospitals and health centres about the need to strengthen the monitoring of weather forecasts from the National Meteorological and Hydrological Forecast Centre and the implementation of medical examinations for people. 

Howard Limbert, the British cave expert, who found Sơn Đoòng, the world's biggest cave leaves Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng National Park today. 

A man on Tuesday set himself on fire at the gate of the Central Citizen Reception Centre in Hà Nội, according to the police.

Police in the northern city of Ninh Bình on Sunday arrested eight men suspected of involvement in online football betting, according to an announcement on Monday.

The General Statistics Office executes a population and housing census every ten years, with the country’s fifth scheduled to begin on April 1, 2019.