Việt Nam News

Authorities in HCM City will carry out stronger measures to ensure quality cosmetic surgery activities, the deputy director of the city Health Department, Tăng Chí Thượng, has said.

The Thủ Thiêm Catholic Church complex will be preserved as a national relic under the Cultural Heritage Law, an official said yesterday at a meeting in HCM City.

More than 12,500ha of ineffective rice area in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has been successfully transformed into fruit area so far this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The People’s Court in southern Bình Dương Province on Tuesday handed down a death sentence to a man convicted of murder and appropriation of property at the first instance trial.

A national forum on professional skills, the first of its kind in Việt Nam, will be officially launched on Saturday.

Screening in the community is an effective way to raise people’s awareness of the dangers of high blood pressure and help people detect it early, health experts have said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a programme searching for underground water resources to supply mountainous areas and areas facing shortages of water.

The use of advanced farming techniques to grow dragon fruit in Long An Province, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s largest producer, has been expanded in the province to ensure steady incomes for farmers.

Many districts in HCM City continue to face a teacher shortage at public schools, even though the 2019-20 academic year began two months ago.

Health literacy can contribute to reducing disparities among different groups of people in accessing universal healthcare services, Professor Dianne Levin-Zamir from Israel's University of Haifa said on Monday (November 11) at an international conference held in HCM City.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has agreed to allocate nearly VNĐ200 billion (US$8.7 million) from the municipal budget to subsidise clean water prices for residents.

Authorities in the southern province of Đồng Nai plan to establish hi-tech agricultural co-operatives to create jobs for those over the age of 40 who are affected by the construction of  Long Thành International Airport.

Storm Nakri has been downgraded to a tropical depression after it approached shores between central provinces of Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa on Sunday night, but rain is forecast to continue hitting the central region and Central Highlands for the next couple of days.

A group of tenants at Phúc Yên Tenement in HCM City’s Tân Bình District have questioned the HCM City Construction Department about the permission to turn the more than 1,400sq.m parking space at the 1st basement of the Phúc Yên Tenement from the collective into private ownership of Phúc Yên Real Estate and Investment JSC - the tenement’s developer.

Some 650 children from six primary schools and the Ánh Linh Charity House in HCM City are taking part in BASF Kids’ Lab, an interactive science programme that opened last Friday in HCM City.

Every afternoon when the sun is about to set, Phạm Văn Của and his grandchildren are excited waiting for flocks of white storks to come and rest on their hill.

An inter-regional road between HCM City and the southern province of Đồng Nai will be built at an estimated cost of VNĐ6.6 trillion (US$285 million).