Việt Nam News

People who have children especially at the age of between 5 and 15 and in the Mekong Delta should take preventive measures against Japanese encephalitis, which breaks out between June and October every year, a doctor at the HCM City Paediatrics Hospital said.

The Charity Meal Project yesterday was launched in HCM City to provide free pork, rice and other food items to shelters, centres and nursing homes that take care of people with disabilities and the elderly throughout the country.

Doctor Nguyễn Chiến Quyết completed his first surgery as lead surgeon last Wednesday, performing a hernia operation on a four-year-old Mông ethnic boy, at Bắc Hà District General Hospital in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai.

The number of dengue infections has risen significantly in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, particularly in Cần Thơ City and the provinces of Đồng Tháp, Bến Tre, Cà Mau and Tiền Giang, according to the Ministry of Health.

Endovascular intervention, which is a minimally invasive procedure performed in many countries in the world, is also becoming a more commom treatment in Việt Nam, according to experts.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Department of Transport to seek measures to tackle traffic congestion at 37 traffic-congestion hotpots across the city, including those at seaports.

Developing high quality, climate resilient seeds and making them available in the market under a strong and holistic legal framework would greatly benefit farmers and be critical in transforming the agricultural sector, Hoàng Văn Thắng, vice minister at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), said.

The Government Inspectorate has sent a team to Yên Bái Province on Tuesday to examine suspected land mismanagement and misuse by the director of the province’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Phạm Sỹ Quý.

Two shipbuilders were found to be violating shipbuilding contracts, delivering dozens of substandard steel fishing vessels to fishermen in central Bình Định Province

The Ministry of Public Security’s (MPS) investigating agency on Monday initiated a nation-level search for the former general director of Petrochemical and Textile Fibre Joint Stock Company (PVTex).

More than 9,500 traffic accidents occurred across the country in the first six months of this year, killing more than 4,100 people and injuring more than 7,900, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

Doctors at the Định Quán Town General Hospital in the southern province of Đồng Nai successfully operated on a 16-year-old after he was stabbed in the heart.

Hà Nội Urban Traffic Works Investment Management Board has proposed the city allocate fund to upgrade eight weak bridges.

The Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre (VMRCC), in co-ordination with the Nghệ An Border Guards, yesterday successfully rescued a fishing ship with 17 seamen having accident on the sea.

The rapid rise of apartment blocks along several small roads in Hà Nội has strained traffic infrastructure with thousands of new residents arriving at once.

Aware of the alarming number of drowning deaths among children in Việt Nam, many parents this summer are taking their children to local pools to learn how to swim.

An official tests the equipment at the Tổng Cáng water supply station in southern Sóc Trăng Province’s Trần Đề District. Launched yesterday, it is the first station in the province to use reverse osmosis (RO) water purification technology.

Some 400 Japanese nationals took their first Vietnamese language proficiency exam on Sunday at the Japanese College of Foreign Languages in Tokyo, Japan, the Vietnam News Agency reported.