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HIV carriers in Việt Nam started to have health insurance fund covered their anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs in March this year as a solution to ensure financial sources for patients when international donors ended their sponsorship. Lê Văn Phúc, head of pharmacy and medical supply department of Việt Nam Social Security talks to Thời Báo Kinh Tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times).

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and leaders of some ministries and agencies inspected the construction of Metro Line No.1 in HCM City on April 12. 

The fact that Japan forbids the use of benzoic acid as a preservative in chilli sauce while Việt Nam allows it does not indicate the country’s slack food safety standards, Việt Nam’s food administration said.

More and more people with disabilities have jobs and actively integrate into the labour market, chairwoman of the Hà Nội Disabled People’s Association, Dương Thị Vân, said at a meeting held in Hà Nội yesterday.

Nine suspects were arrested, while 5kg of cannabis, VNĐ100 million (US$4,300) and other items were seized

Việt Nam’s garment industry in 2018 suffered the highest number of strikes due to underserving paying, experts revealed at a Thursday conference in Hà Nội.

Forty-eight out of 63 provinces and cities have joined the national cancer prevention network since the target programme on health and population began three years ago, the Ministry of Health announced at a conference on Thursday.

Eight people died in a warehouse fire early Friday morning in Trung Văn Commune, Nam Từ Liêm District, Hà Nội.

The State Audit Office is one of the agencies with the highest responsibility for detecting and handling corruption, Deputy Auditor General Đặng Thế Vinh has said.

Đà Nẵnng is planning to become a ‘smart city’ and the first in Việt Nam to join the ASEAN ‘smart’ city network by 2030.

The event aims to raise awareness of employers and workers in the observation of occupational safety and hygiene regulations

The General Department of Geology and Minerals of Việt Nam under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked key coal enterprises to supervise the management and use of charcoal and other kinds of minerals discharged from mining areas.  

Cabinet members agreed that BT projects, which are invested in by businesses that will be paid with assets and goods rather than money, are necessary considering limited State budget resources

The two suspects brought Vietnamese women to China to serve as surrogate mothers.

The Vietnam Students Association on Wednesday launched the competition “Ideas for a student volunteer campaign”, which aims to create a competitive atmosphere for youth and support their creativity and intelligence.

Việt Nam is full of amazing people who do amazing things. This man volunteers to do something no one ever wants to do. Watch and share his remarkable story.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer and other research institutes classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”, according to the department

An Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Hub, the first of its kind in Việt Nam, was opened in Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park in Hà Nội on Wednesday.