Southern region set for heat wave

With the cold high pressure system weakening and moving east and a subtropical high pressure system crossing the south there will be a heat wave in the south, including HCM City, until May, according to the Southern Region Hydro-Meteorological Centre.

Việt Nam, Australia to set up strategic partnership in PM’s visit

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will sign the Joint Statement on establishing the Việt Nam – Australia Strategic Partnership during the former's visit to Australia, creating the political and legal framework for the two countries' relations to develop in the coming time.

City aims to improve admin services

HCM City’s People’s Committee targets having more than 80 per cent of local residents and organisations satisfied with public administrative services by 2020.

Researchers make use of medical waste

For nearly 30 years, researchers at the Faculty of Tissue, Embryo and Genetics under Phạm Ngọc Thạch Medical University have been making use of amniotic membrane, which is commonly treated as medical waste and discarded. Under their hands, it has been processed to heal wounds and corneal damage instead.

Baby infected with rare disease saved

 A 14 day-old baby infected with a rare intestinal disease is now in stable condition after the surgery, doctors of the Paediatrics Hospital of southern Đồng Nai Province said on Monday.

Da Nang investigates assault on reporter

The central city’s people’s committee has asked the local public security department to investigate an assault on a reporter at a bar in the city’s downtown on Sunday. The investigation agency must report on the case before Wednesday.

Community to raise ideas for ‘smart city’

The central city of Đà Nẵng has invited local residents, tourists and foreigners living in the city to offer ideas and suggestions for developing Đà Nẵng as a smart city.

Toll to be reduced on National Highway 18

Toll on a stretch of National Highway 18 in coastal Quảng Ninh province will be reduced for Cẩm Phả City and Vân Đồn Ward residents from Wednesday midnight, said the province’s People’s Committee.

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