Việt Nam News

The central province of Quảng Nam has approved a traffic project connecting the National Highway No 1A to Tam Tiến commune in Núi Thành district in easing travelling time and accidents for local residents when crossing rivers.

Doctors from Long Khánh Town General Hospital successfully operated on and reconnected the left arm of a 22-year-old man after it was almost entirely cut off by a power saw.

Six Vietnamese workers were killed when an oxygen tank exploded at the construction site of a hydropower plant in Laos’ Bolikhamsai Province, a Vietnamese border army chief confirmed on Saturday.

Police in the southern province of Bình Dương have asked the provincial People’s Procuracy to prosecute Trần Thị Lệ Thu for faking land use right certificates in order to obtain fraudulent loans.

Khánh Hòa province authorities have set a 2018 operation deadline for a new runway under construction at Cam Ranh International Airport.

Child sexual abuse has been on the rise across the country, with most incidents remaining unreported, police have said.

The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalised patients in Việt Nam remains high, ranging from 20-50 per cent as many hospitals fail to pay appropriate attention to ensure nutrition for inpatients, health officials said.

Setting targets for prevention, diagnosis and treatment and monitoring their progress are imperative as the number of hepatitis patients in Việt Nam who receive treatment is too low, according to experts.

The turmeric growing area of Gio An Commune in the central province of Quảng Trị is a vast area with lush green plants and rich red-brown soil.

Some 2,000 bookcases will be delivered this year to classrooms in rural and mountainous areas in the central province of Thanh Hóa to help improve the reading habits of students.

Cao Thị Ngần, a Vietnamese mother, has agreed to donate her son’s organs with the hope of saving the lives of not only one but six others.

Việt Nam’s delegation to the International Biology Olympiad 2017 won one gold medal and two silver medals, the highest result ever.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered Hà Nội authorities to quickly investigate a weekend fire at a bakery that killed eight people, most of them teenagers.

Viet Nam’s northern provinces, including the capital city, and the central Thanh Hóa Province are experiencing a blistering heat wave, according to National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

17 crew members of a fishing boat that encountered bad weather and technical difficulties off the coast of Nghệ An Province were rescued Saturday and taken to Cửa Lò port.

Việt Nam needs to develop a legal framework and feasible roadmap to turn its wind energy potential into reality, which will help to meet the country’s rapidly rising electricity demand, experts have said.

The HCM City’s District 1 People’s Committee has announced that the district’s first two street vendor spaces will open on August 28.

Farmers in the central Quảng Trị and Hà Tĩnh provinces were hit the hardest by storms Talas and Sonca as their fruits and plants were damaged by strong winds and floods.