Việt Nam News

Hưng Yên Province People’s Procuracy has completed the prosecution procedures against Nguyễn Thị Hiền from Dạ Trạch Commune in Khoái Châu District for her violations of regulations on health examination.

Hospitals in the Mekong Delta continue to suffer from a shortage of general physicians and surgeons, especially for treating some major diseases like tuberculosis, leprosy and mental illness, and forensic experts, according to local health departments.

Experts have raised concerns over the construction of Yên Sở bus station, which will be located inside the city instead of the suburbs, saying that the construction would cause waste and would not suit the city’s planning.

Quảng Trị Province’s Mobile UXO Clearance Team, in co-operation with border guards of Lao Bảo International Border Gate and Lao Bảo Township Military Command have successfully removed 463 warheads and bombs in the border area of Hướng Hoá District.

Vietnam Register, under the Ministry of Transport, has proposed raising the emission standards for cars to level 2 in order to minimise the increasing environmental pollution in the country.

The Ministry of Public Security has officially implemented a reshuffle, which would remove six general departments and merge 60 divisions with similar functions into just over 50, from August 6.

Hundreds of houses along the Đà Nẵng – Quảng Ngãi Highway are being damaged by construction on the road.

Two workers were trapped in a coal mine belonging to Mông Dương Coal Company in Cẩm Phả City, northern Quảng Ninh Province, after an accident on Wednesday morning. One of the miners died before being rescued. The cause of the accident was initially determined to be the collapse of a tunnel.

HCM City is piloting five areas for taxis to pick up passengers in District 1 beginning on Wednesday (Aug 8), according to Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, deputy chairman of city’s People’s Committee.

The Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang on Tuesday approved a development master plan for its medium- and low-voltage electricity grid from now to 2035.

The Indian-made ComBE Five vaccine will be used in a national expanded immunisation programme, replacing the Quinvaxem vaccine as of next month instead of this month as previously planned.

Many universities have lowered their admission scores for the upcoming academic year, citing lower scores on the national high school graduation examinations this year compared to last year,

Craniosynostosis, or congenital deformities caused by early fuse of different parts of the skull, are a rare condition that reportedly afflicts six out of 10,000 children in Việt Nam. 

Doctors at the Việt Đức Hospital have found round worm that damaged the intestines, ileum and cecum of a 2-year-old boy, causing fever and pain for six months. Surgeons removed his ileum and cecum, moving part of his intestine outside of the child’s body.

Students face several diseases at the beginning of the new school year, such as dengue fever, foot-hand-mouth disease, measles and flu, so epidemic prevention efforts should be strengthened, health experts warned.

The grassroots-level health care network has been expanded nationwide, meeting public demand for health care, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.

The central city, in co-operation with the Việt Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) Group officially signed an agreement for the ‘smart city’ project over the next two years.

Chairman of Hòa Bình Province’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Quang has ordered authorities of Kỳ Sơn District to arrange a resettlement area for residents whose houses have been vulnerable to landslides on Road 445.