Việt Nam News

On Wednesday, the embassies of Australia and Ireland jointly launched a national competition for concepts and innovations beneficial for rural women.

The Việt Nam National Heart Association on Thursday (February 28) signed an agreement with Merck Export GMBH Việt Nam to implement the Continuing Medical Education Program New Concept programme for the 2019-2021 term.

A fishing vessel with five fishermen on board was rescued on Wednesday, according to the Office of the National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue.

Localities have been urged to develop long-term disaster risk reduction plans to better cope with catastrophes, an official said yesterday (Mar 6) at a workshop held in Hà Nội.

Residents of Thanh Thuỷ Commune in Vị Xuyên District said they are still occasionally startled by an explosion somewhere in the mountains nearby, a cruel reminder of a bloody border clash between Việt Nam and China in 1979.

Localities throughout the country are taking concrete measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

The Việt Nam Women’s Union’s (VWU) action programme on Wednesday was launched across the country under the theme “A safe year for women and children.”

Diabetes, a chronic disease, has begun to harm more and more young people, with the youngest patient admitted to a Hà Nội hospital at just nine years old, said Associate Professor Tạ Văn Bình, former director of the National Hospital of Endocrinology.

The people’s committee of the central province of Quảng Nam is investigating a forged document circulating on social media that purported to show the provincial chairman’s signature on a form approving hotel, resort and recreational projects in the city of Hội An’s Cẩm Nam Ward.

Some 40 per cent of primary and secondary school students in Hà Nội and HCM City are inactive, a survey by the National Institute of Nutrition revealed.

The National Assembly’s Justice Committee on Wednesday asked ministries to analyse shortcomings in road and railway transport.

Quảng Ninh Province is taking steps to combat the spread of African swine fever, establishing five quarantine checkpoints operating 24/7 at provincial gateways adjacent to neighbouring localities to tighten control of pig and poultry imports.

The Việt Nam Environment Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on Tuesday (March 5) launched a four-storey environmental monitoring station for Cần Thơ and other provinces in the Mekong Delta region.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has told consumers there is no need to boycott safe pork products.

The central province of Ninh Thuận is seeking more investment for solar power, especially rooftop projects.

Workers in the textile-garment and electronics sectors in the southeastern province of Đồng Nai are benefiting from a project to improve legal access and awareness about their rights.

 

Police in the northern province of Thái Bình has arrested three drug traffickers and seized 6.2 kilos of synthetic drugs.

Two training ships from the Japan Coast Guard, the JS Setoyuki and JS Shimayuki, and 390 crew members started a three-day friendly visit in Đà Nẵng yesterday.