Water plant begins operations

The first phase of the factory treating surface water of the Đuống River officially came into operation on Saturday after only 15 months of construction, supplying for about one-third of Hà Nội’s population.

Fire at mattress warehouse kills one man

A man has died after a fire at a mattress warehouse yesterday. Four people, including a child, needed to be rescued after the blaze in Trung Văn Urban Area, Hà Nội’s Nam Từ Liêm District.

Walltop residents build informal community in Huế

A little girl wearing a school uniform parked her electric bicycle on the street beside the royal wall in the city of Huế and shouted, her eyes cast upward. Seconds later, a man came down from the top of the wall to grab the bicycle. He quickly stepped back up to the area from which he had come.

Flexibility needed for hospital autonomy: Deputy PM

The Ministry of Health should speed up financial autonomy for hospitals, especially at large national and city- level facilities, to meet patient demand for quality services, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has said.

Only a drill

Fifty policemen, medical staff and engineers took part in a rehearsal on nuclear and radiation emergency response in the coastal city of Đà Nẵng yesterday.

Local complaint handling work still unsatisfactory

Weak complaints handling performance of localities have forced thousands of exasperated citizens to travel to the capital Ha Noi seeking a fair answer over the last five years with cases getting more complicated than ever, a meeting heard on Thursday.

Soil sedimentation clogs Vĩnh Hy Bay

Soil sedimentation is expanding in Vĩnh Hy Bay in the central province of Ninh Thuận, causing difficulties for waterway vessels, especially fishing boats and passenger boats.

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