Poor management leading to overloaded trucks on the road
Poor management in some localities is allowing overloaded trucks to damage roads, according to the latest report by Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam.
Bringing Tết cheer
Tết is a time for family, but the festive period can be lonely for those stuck in hospital. These patients were treated to a special meal to lift their spirits and wish them a happy new year.
MoH issues urgent instructions over Chinese disease outbreak
The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday issued an urgent dispatch on prevention and control of the acute pneumonia disease outbreak from China.
Standard set helps lift hospital quality
Dr Lương Ngọc Khuê, director general of the Administration of Medical Service, Ministry of Health, talks to Vietnam News Agency about how hospital quality standards improved healthcare after being introduced in 2012.
Journeys of love take poor people home for Tết
In the central city of Đà Nẵng, the provincial hospital and other sponsors helped more than 200 poor patients go home to nearby provinces such as Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi.
Cà Mau to put all administrative procedures online
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau aims to have all of its administrative procedures handled through its electronic one-stop information system this year.
HCM City leader commends religious dignitaries during pre-Tết visits
Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân on January 20 extended best wishes to religious dignitaries and followers in the city on the occasion of the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, which starts this weekend (Jan 25).
Self autonomy is the right way to go for Vietnamese universities
Professor Hoàng Minh Sơn, president of the Hà Nội University of Science and Technology, talks to Khoa học Phát triển (Science and Development) newspaper about granting self-financing autonomy to universities.
Việt Nam’s health sector in 2019: achievements and drawbacks
Last year witnessed significant achievements in Việt Nam’s healthcare sector, bringing hope for more patients. However, severe medical incidents raised the alarm of poor management that needed to be improved to ensure every citizen can live a healthy and happy life.
Outstanding workers gifted air tickets for Tết
The HCM City unit of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union has provided free air travel to more than 1,000 outstanding workers in HCM City and Đồng Nai and Bình Dương provinces for returning home for Tết (Lunar New Year).
New cable car at Bà Đen Mountain opens in Tây Ninh
A new two-line cable car system has opened in the southern province of Tây Ninh, taking visitors to the top of Bà Đen (Black Lady) Mountain and Bà Đen Pagoda.
Five family members killed in a major fire
Five members of the same family have died after a fire broke out in their HCM City home on Tuesday morning.
Tips for Tết train travel
Gov’t Inspector orders HN strictly deal with Lã Vọng JSC’s violations
The Government Inspectorate of Việt Nam has ordered the Hà Nội administration to deal with violations relating to nine projects of Lã Vọng Services and Trading Joint Stock Company.
Tết far from home for road construction workers
Tết is a precious time of the year for family reunions, but dozens of construction workers on the Trung Lương-Mỹ Thuận Expressway will be missing out this year.
Localities face difficulties in controlling fishing vessel operations
Localities in Việt Nam have taken a number of measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing since the country received a “yellow card” warning from the European Commission (EC) in 2017.
PM asks for sufficient supply of goods for Tết
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has assigned agencies to ensure enough good quality and reasonably priced commodity supplies for all people, especially those in mountainous and disaster-hit areas.
Bến Tre proposes ferry service to ease bridge congestion
Bến Tre Province has called for operating the Rạch Miễu ferry since a bridge over the Tiền River to Tiền Giang Province is overloaded and a second bridge will take another three years to build.
State, Party leaders give New Year’s greetings to residents
People’s material and spiritual lives were improved and many poor people were supported for poverty reduction, which enhanced their belief in the State and the Party.
Irrigation works seriously encroached
Irrigation works in Bắc Ninh Province have been plagued with illegal construction and dumping in recent years, causing serious impacts on agricultural production and people’s daily lives.
