Việt Nam News

Experts have called on the Government of Việt Nam to make salt iodisation mandatory once again or at least promote the production and use of iodised salt in food processing and breeding.

 When it comes to food policy, Việt Nam faces a double health burden: The country has seen a rising number of children with obesity in urban areas, while the number of malnourished children remains high.

Doctors in Hà Nội have warned parents to be more cautious when treating their children with food products that claim to contain Oral Rehydration Salts.

A programme on children’s healthcare will be held at HCM City’s Đầm Sen Park on June 2-3 to mark International Children’s Day (June 1).

The significant contributions made to the cause of religious freedom and national liberation by Vietnamese Buddhists were remembered on May 29 in HCM City on the occasion of the 2,562th birthday of Lord Buddha.

Students of Lê Văn Sỹ Primary School in HCM City’s Tân Bình District have won the first prize in this year’s Food Safety and Hygiene Contest for students.

The Ministry of Health is liaising with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to strengthen supervision over the Ebola virus in Congo and assess the risk of the virus spreading to Việt Nam.

The People’s Committee of Ninh Thuận Province, a typically hot and dry area, has urged investors to focus on solar and wind energy projects.  

The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed reducing the land in Cần Giờ District for salt farming by one-third by 2030 and increasing the land for aquaculture farming.

Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể said yesterday he will take responsibility for recent railway accidents even as he apologised to the families of the victims.

The People’s Committee of Bình Thuận Province has asked local authorities to monitor and detect violations of illegal sand mining.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình called for urgent measures from transport authorities to bring railway incidents “under control”.

The People’s Court of HCM City yesterday opened a new trial in the case of Huỳnh Thị Huyền Như, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Department at VietinBank’s HCM City branch, and Võ Anh Tuấn, deputy director of VietinBank’s Nhà Bè branch, on charges of "swindling to appropriate assets" worth VNĐ1.085 trillion (US$51 million) from five companies

Many poor households that were given cajeput forests to protect and harvest as part of a local programme in Kiên Giang Province have escaped poverty.

Two years ago, Trỗi did not attend the new school year ceremony of Sơn Thượng Secondary School in central Quảng Ngãi Province’s Sơn Hà mountainous District.

HCM City has an abundance of tiny houses.

Police in central Nghệ An province seized 600kg of illegal firecrackers in Nghi Xuân commune, Nghi Lộc district.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate the quick promotion of the youngest deputy chief of staff of the national anti-smuggling committee.