Việt Nam News

HCM City’s Health Department has asked directors of public and private hospitals to ensure sufficient amount of medicine, equipment and staff during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Every year ahead of Tết (Lunar New Year), Mỹ Tân Commune in Nam Định Province is filled with splendid flowers.

Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể has issued a plan to improve traffic safety for 2019, which details measures to raise public awareness and compliance with traffic rules, among others.

Vietnam National University – Hà Nội (VNU) retained its top spot in the Vietnamese rankings and was in 1090th place globally, up 216 steps from the last ranking announced in August 2018.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigative Police Agency on Thursday said it had started legal proceedings against a woman from HCM City and four others for allegedly trafficking human organs.

More and more Vietnamese people are choosing to work freelance. The road, however, is not as smooth as it seems, according to insiders. 

With just three days left until the new lunar new year begins, people are either busy with preparations for Tết or already packing up and ready to return home. But a community of kidney patients in a small alley on Lê Thanh Nghị Street in Hà Nội will remain in the capital city for critical dialysis sessions and spend Tết away from home.

HCM City collected fees of more than VNĐ16.49 trillion (over US$712.5 million) last year for changing land-use purposes, according to the city Registration Office for Land Use Rights.

The Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu plans to create five large-scale rice fields with a total area of 25,000ha this year and six more with a combined area of 31,000ha next year, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

HCM City plans this year to speed up a project to become a smart city by 2025 in order to better serve its residents.

The Hạ Long - Vân Đồn expressway was put into operation yesterday, shortening the travel time from Hà Nội to Vân Đồn to 2.5 hours from four, reported vov.vn.

Workers gather at the offices of subsidiary companies under Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin). The corporation ran 100 free coaches to help 5,000 of its employees return to their hometowns for the Tết holiday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Nguyên

With Tết (Lunar New Year) only a few days away, demand for house cleaning services is skyrocketing in HCM City, driving fees up by as much as a third.

Companies, industrial zones and hospitals nationwide have been getting into the Tết (Lunar New Year) spirit and providing free transport to allow workers and patients travel home to spend the holiday with their families.

It was two o’clock on a Friday afternoon when 13-year-old Lê Văn Tiến stepped into a tiny classroom behind the Pediatrics Department at HCM City Hospital of Oncology.

Each gift worth VNĐ 500,000 would be given in person to the employees, while those who are absent would have the money sent via bank transfer, said Nguyễn Thị Vân Hà, chair of the northern province’s labour union.