Task force to combat pickpockets in buses

A special task force has been set up to strengthen social order and security at transit points and in buses during peak hours in the capital city of Hà Nội.

 

An Giang’s infertile paddies grow other crops

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang switched to growing other crops on 20,000ha of paddy fields during the 2017-18 winter-spring crop, earning big profits and managing to cope with climate change.

VN authority tightens aviation safety

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked airlines, airport authorities and air traffic management officials to tighten supervision to ensure aviation safety.

Hospitals running out of patients

Financial and managerial autonomy for public hospitals has yielded positive changes, but district hospitals have seen limited benefits and new challenges.

HCM City landfill grows into orchard

 The heavily polluted Đông Thạnh rubbish dump in HCM City has been converted into an orchard, drastically improving the environment in the surrounding neighbourhood.

Medical claims on the rise, says VSI

The number of in-patients with public medical insurance has unusually increased in the first four months, according to a latest report by the Việt Nam Social Insurance (VSI).

VN takes chair of regional medical association

President of the Việt Nam Medical Association (VMA) Nguyễn Thị Xuyên has received the rotational chairmanship of the Medical Association of Southeast Asian Nations (MASEAN) for the 2018-2020 tenure.

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