Provinces prepare for typhoon

Provincial and city authorities plan to evacuate people from dangerous areas before typhoon 4 is expected to enter the Gulf of Tonkin and bring heavy rain to northern and north central provinces in the coming days.

Health minister urges hospitals to reduce patient overload

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has asked large hospitals in HCM City to take drastic measures to reduce patient overload by focusing on satellite clinics at district-level hospitals and applying information technology.

Rise in number of kids suspected of having measles

A doctor in Hà Nội has raised concerns about the high number of children hospitalised with high fevers and rashes, suspecting that measles is to blame because many kids have not been vaccinated.

Sơn La suspension bridge out of order

A suspension bridge was damaged after being hit by a truck, seriously affecting the lives of residents in Chiềng Khoong Commune in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La.

Hà Nội to introduce digital prescriptions

As part of a new project, Hà Nội will introduce digital prescriptions to better monitor patients receiving too many medicines or food supplements, and stop people being prescribed the incorrect drugs.

Cracks reappear on Thăng Long Bridge

Hà Nội’s Transport Department has asked the Ministry of Transport to fix cracks and subsidence that have reappeared on the surface of Thăng Long Bridge over the last few months, threatening road safety.

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