Sinking land in the Mekong Delta is causing a headache for the local administration. In recent years average land subsidence is 1.1cm every 12 months.
Nguyễn Thu Hương, a resident of Hà Nội’s Đống Đa district, was worried when she saw street vendors preparing food without gloves.
The Ministry of Health is making efforts to strengthen the grassroots healthcare system to improve the quality of primary healthcare and achieve universal health coverage, which will ensure that everyone can access quality healthcare services without facing financial hardship.
Only 10 per cent of some 53,000 households in Mê Linh District in the outskirts of Hà Nội have access to clean water.
Saltwater and brackish-water aquaculture production in coastal areas in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang has improved farmers’ incomes in the last 10 years under a national marine strategy.
The National Hospital of Tropical Diseases is offering 6,500 free hepatitis B virus (HBV) tests for people living in Hà Nội and neighbouring provinces.
Youth representatives from ASEAN countries, together with 100 other young people from Việt Nam, on Wednesday participated in the “Gender Dialogues: Engaging ASEAN Youth in Gender Initiatives” course at the Green One UN House in Hà Nội.
The Xuyên Á Hospital Investment Joint-Stock Company on Wednesday held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Xuyên Á General Hospital in Gò Dầu District in Tây Ninh Province.
The Hòa Lạc-Hòa Bình Highway was opened to traffic today on the 64th anniversary of Hà Nội’s Liberation Day, October 10th, 1954.
A fishing boat caught fire on Tuesday night while it was anchored off Bãi Xếp Beach in Kiên Giang Province’s Phú Quốc District.
Temperatures dropped sharply to a low of 21 degrees Celcius in Hà Nội as the winds of winter hit the capital Wednesday morning.
The Government Inspectorate (GI) has revealed land use transfer violations committed between 2003 and 2016, Lao Động (Labour) newspaper reported.
Universities in the northern city of Hải Phòng are seeking partnerships with research organisations and enterprises in scientific research and technology development (R&D).
HCM City will allocate VNĐ3 trillion (US$128 million) from the city’s budget to speed up compensation and site clearance for a section of the Beltway No. 3 project, which has been delayed due to a lack of investment, according to Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, deputy chairman of the city’s People’s Committee.
Priority will be given to building anti-flooding works first in the expansion project of Tân Sơn Nhất international airport in HCM City, under a new plan approved recently by the Ministry of Transport.
Two large-scale food poisoning cases last week put 500 students in the hospital and left parents concerned about food safety in the country’s schools.
A Nobel prize-winning therapy offers a beacon of hope for the mounting number of cancer patients in Việt Nam, however, doctors caution that expectations should be tempered.
The ASEAN project development training course for Việt Nam, which aims to improve the quality of project proposals, kicked off yesterday in HCM City.