Việt Nam News

Đồng Nai Province is looking for the Prime Minister’s approval to be named the main investor for Phase 1 of a bomb and mine clearance project needed before the construction of Long Thành International Airport can commence.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has asked the Ministry of Transport to provide funds for transport infrastructure projects including N1, N2, and No.62 national route projects.

Action on Poverty (AOP) in Việt Nam is going to implement a community-based tourism project to support women from ethnic minority groups in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La.

The Việt Nam Red Cross (VNRC) and the Red Cross Society of China were committed to continue working together on humanitarian activities, officials said at a meeting between VNRC President Nguyễn Thị Xuân Thu and Deputy President of the Red Cross Society of China Wang Haijing in Hà Nội today.

HCM City authorities have unveiled plans to expand the Cần Giờ Beach Tourist Zone by nearly five times to 2,870ha.

The accident happened at 5am on a road of Trung Nguyên Village, Trung Nguyên Commune, with the bus plowing into a group of pedestrians, killing five people instantly, while two others died later in hospital, said Hoàng Văn Hoan, head of office of the provincial traffic safety board.

More than 1,000 new cases of urinary bladder cancer are diagnosed in Việt Nam every year, according to HCM City’s Bình Dân Hospital.

Social workers in hospitals play an important role in connecting patients with hospital staff but the development of social work at health facilities still faces many challenges, according to an official from the health ministry.

The Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) aims to slash the social insurance debt ratio to below 1.7 per cent this year in an effort to ensure benefits for social insurance and health insurance card holders, said VSS deputy general director Đào Việt Ánh.

The number of people hospitalised in HCM City with contagious diseases this year has increased compared with the same period a year ago, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

Youth Union members in Việt Nam, with their ambition and creativity, play an enthusiastic role in protecting the environment.

African swine fever posed a substantial threat to the pig farming industry despite the measures being taken to stop the disease from spreading, said Nguyễn Xuân Cường at the first meeting of the national steering committee for the prevention and control of ASF held on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has called on Hậu Giang Province to make more efforts to become one of the leading localities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region in the next five years.

The German House was inaugurated in HCM City on March 26 at a ceremony which also marked the 25-year presence of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Việt Nam.

The Hà Nội Inspectorate on Monday confirmed it would continue investigating violations related to forest land use and management in Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District after releasing its initial conclusions on the violations last week.

The Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam has proposed developing software to better manage drivers in the transportation industry.

Việt Nam has made an important step in the development of its labour market by ratifying ILO Convention 159 on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment for Disabled Persons, further proving the country’s commitment to eliminating employment discrimination against people with disabilities.

Drowning claims the lives of more than 2,000 children each year in Việt Nam, making it the country’s leading cause of deaths for people aged under 15.