Việt Nam News

Over the last five years, there were 19,300 donors that were brain dead or had no heartbeat, the National Coordination Centre for Organ Transplantation (NCCOT) reported.

Chong Ngai Fong (centre), 48, of Malaysian nationality, and his six accomplices yesterday were sentenced to a total of 48 years of imprisonment, after a four-day trial

Two former police chiefs who backed a nationwide online gambling ring worth trillions have been sentenced to years in prison for abusing their power.

The People’s Court in the northern province of Hà Nam on Friday handed down nine death penalties, three life sentences and up to 21 years in prison to members of a drug trafficking ring.

The Việt Nam Council of the Red Cross in collaboration with Y tế và Sức Khỏe (Health and Medical) channel ytvn.vn on Friday launched a project that calls on the public to donate their corneas after death. 

The People’s Commitee of Đồng Nai Province had approved a budget to support people hit by a mass fish death on the La Ngà River in Định Quán District in May, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

The Government of Việt Nam is strongly committed to protecting intellectual property rights and providing capital to help young people realise their start-up dreams in the future.

More than 120 people were hospitalised in Buôn Ma Thuột City on Thusday morning suffering from food poisoning, said Lê Minh Thông, deputy director of provincial Food Safety and Hygiene Department.

A Vietjet flight from HCM City encountered problems landing at Buôn Ma Thuột Airport in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk late Thursday. 

Residents in the central province of Quảng Nam will have access to more clean water when a new water plant is put into operation on Saturday.

The Việt Nam Textile and Apparel Association and conservation organisation World Wide Fund for Nature launched two flagship products and an initiative designed to promote improved river basin governance, improve water quality and develop sustainable energy use in the textile and garment sector on Wednesday.

The Vietnamese Government affirmed that agricultural development was the best solution to the "Zero Hunger" and "poverty reduction" challenges, contributing to the goal of sustainable hunger eradication, food security and improved nutrition.

More than 200 people across Việt Nam have been trapped by a loan shark based in HCM City with total loans worth more than VNĐ510 billion (US$22 million). Police says it is the “biggest case of its kind discovered in the country."

HCM City will start projects to become a smart city by 2025 early next year.

The National Assembly (NA) is expected to discuss a draft law protecting the legal status and rights of transgenader people, both those who have undertaken sex reassignment surgery and who have not, by 2020.

The Police Investigation Agency announced on Thursday it had launched legal proceedings in the case of an oil truck fire that killed six people last week in Bình Phước Province.

Six Vietnamese nationals have been arrested in South Africa with several lion bones, lion meat and tools which police believe were used to process the bones.

HCM City has launched 26 orange buses with the aim of raising public awareness about the sexual harassment of women and children.