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Stressed-out nurses love their jobs but need help from hospital leaders

Although nursing involves high work pressure and stress, many nurses at health facilities throughout the country are reluctant to leave the profession.

Việt Nam uses robot surgery for first time on kidney cancer patient

Doctors at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City used a robot to assist surgery in late April to remove a cancerous tumour from a 70-year-old Vietnamese woman from Tiền Giang Province in the Mekong Delta.

UN Day of Vesak 2019 wraps up, urging compassion

The 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019 wrapped up at Tam Chúc Pagoda in Kim Bảng District, Hà Nam Province, on Tuesday, with the adoption of the Hà Nam Declaration that promotes world peace, harmony and improvement for all people.

Singaporeans hospitalised in Huế after a road accident

Two traffic accidents occurred on Saturday in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế killed two people and sent 18 others to a local hospital.

National exam hotline launched

A national exam hotline will be active from June 6 until August 4 to receive information related to the country’s biggest exam, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Fresh water shortage threatens An Biên coastal district

A shortage of clean water is threatening 4,000 families living on An Biên coastal district, the southern province of Kiên Giang.

Heat returns to northern and central regions

A heat wave is forecast for northern and central localities from Thursday until Sunday, according to National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre.

Hà Tĩnh communities polluted by waste from shrimp ponds

Residents in the central province of Hà Tĩnh previously complained that waste from shrimp breeding ponds is causing pollution, but local authorities have yet to find a solution for the problem.

Mother goes back to university to help her blind daughter

Phạm Thị Thuý Hằng of HCM City was once so tormented about her life that she considered jumping off her house balcony and killing herself and her daughter.

Rice farmers switch to corn as fresh water supply shrinks

Facing water shortages, farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang have grown corn on nearly 2,000ha of rice fields for the 2018-19 winter-spring crop.

Country to strengthen measures against African swine fever

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng yesterday asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to complete a draft plan on measures to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

Vesak 2019: Buddhism moves to adapt to Industry 4.0

International and Vietnamese scholars and Buddhist dignitaries shared ideas on how Buddhism has adapted to Industry 4.0 and utilised digitalisation to preserve Buddhist values and promote the religion

52 winners win prizes at Young Informatics Contest

Fifty-two individuals and groups in HCM City won prizes at the 28th Young Informatics Contest for students at all primary, secondary and high schools in the city on Sunday.

HCM City’s smart makeover makes steady progress

The achievements in the first stage of a project to turn HCM City into a smart city 2020 were listed by its People’s Committee at a conference on Sunday

37 school zones to be modified to ensure road safety

The roads around 37 schools in HCM City’s districts 1, 5 and 6 will be modified by next year to ensure they are pedestrian-friendly and safe for their students under the Walk This Way programme.

Minh Tân residents unwitting victims of forest scandal

In the midst of the anger over violations at a protection forest in Sóc Sơn District, Hà Nội, some 200 households in Minh Tân Village are at risk of being unfairly punished as authorities scramble to solve them problem.

Train derails in Nam Định, paralyses North-South route

Traffic on the North-South railway route has been at a standstill since Monday morning when a freight train derailed on a stretch in the northern province of Nam Định.

MoT proposes resumption of fee collection at controversial Cai Lậy toll booth

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Government resume fee collection at the controversial Cai Lậy toll booth in Tiền Giang Province following a nearly-two year closure in response to protests.

Residents build river fence to oppose sand mining

Residents living nearby Bồ River in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế have erected a bamboo fence onto the riverbed to prevent the overexploitation of river sand by an authorised company.