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Mobiles too popular to be subject to 'luxury' tax

HCM City's People’s Committee has proposed to add mobile phones to a list of products subject to a special consumption tax (SCT).

District-level hospitals use advanced medical techniques

Hospitals in HCM City districts have shared knowledge about advanced medical techniques in an aim to offer treatment normally provided to patients admitted to city-level or central-level hospitals, under requirements of the city’s Department of Health.

Satellite clinics to be set up at grassroots-level medical stations

Under the project, in the short term, upper-lever hospitals must focus on training and transferring urgent techniques to improve professional capacity for medical workers at commune and ward medical stations

Study reveals development drivers of ethnic groups

Physical and economic connectivity, market links and labor market mobility were among the top drivers distinguishing the best-performing ethnic groups, according to a study released by the World Bank

Textbooks and national exam on NA agenda

The 14th National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday weighed in on amended draft Law on Education during its seventh session. Textbooks and national exam were on the heated debate.

Vietnamese doctors win 2 awards at Asian conference

Vietnamese doctors won two of five awards given for Best Oral Presentation on outstanding scientific research at the 9th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2019).

Lao nationals gain Vietnamese citizenship

The event was attended by officials from Sekong and Attapeu provinces of Laos

Man arrested at airport for illegal shipment of mobile phones

Customs agents at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport and the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department on Monday arrested a 35-year-old Korean man for illegally importing more than 400 mobile phones.

Government calls for drastic measure to fight ASF and ensure food safety

The Government has issued a document to ask ministries and local governments to continue drastically fighting African Swine Fever (ASF) which spreads to 34 provincies and cities across the country.

Whirlwind damages houses in central provinces

Whirlwinds and hail caused extensive damage to property and crops in many border districts in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Nghệ An

Construction accident kills one, injures two

Man accused of three murders to be prosecuted

The Ha Nội Police Investigation Agency has detained Đỗ Văn Bình of Hà Nội’s Mê Linh District in connection with the murder of three people, zing.vn has reported.

Hà Giang sees first outbreak of African swine fever

Dozens of pigs infected with African swine fever were culled on Monday in the northern province of Hà Giang by the local Veterinary sub-Department, according to the province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Party ramps up fight against African swine fever

So far, 1.5 million infected pigs have been culled since African swine fever entered the country in February this year

Mothers of sick children learn to support themselves with embroidery

At 7pm one evening, Lê Thị Út eagerly arrives at the library on the sixth floor of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) to study embroidery.

Team established to supervise coal exploitation

The move was made after online newspaper Vietnamplus reported on the theft of coal at key coal mines

City not making use of abandoned spaces

Large areas under elevated roadways in HCM City lie abandoned even as the city suffers from a severe shortage of parking spaces.

HCM City to be safer by surveillance cameras

Lê Quốc Cường, deputy director of HCM City Department of Information and Communication, talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the installed camera system to monitor the city.