The Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng plans to improve management of noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and epilepsy, as well as schizophrenia, under instruction from the Ministry of Health.
The slow progress of building and maintaining dykes has caused concerns, with the stormy and rainy season approaching, reported Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper.
The HCM City Department of Health and Hóc Môn District People’s committee have launched a campaign to provide reproductive healthcare and birth control services to people working in industrial zones and living in economically disadvantaged areas.
Scientists and researchers from Việt Nam and Britain have come together for a five-day workshop in Hà Nội to seeks solutions to help the Red River-Hà Nội Delta (RRHD) develop a megacity catchment observatory to cope with multiple disasters in the future.
Prosecutors on May 23 said they were going for 30-36 month suspended sentence for doctor Hoàng Công Lương, one of the alleged offenders in the sensational trial for a medical disaster that resulted in the deaths of nine patients at the northern Hòa Bình General Hospital a year ago.
Southern Đồng Nai Province’s agriculture department said the unsual high level of NH4 (Amoni) and NO2 (Nitrite) may be the reason behind Monday’s mass fish deaths on the La Ngà River based on a test done on water sample collected at the site.
Hà Nội’s Police Department has launched a plan aimed at curbing illegal motorbike street racing in the city as the 2018 World Cup draws near.
Unlicensed beaches operating in Hạ Long City in Quảng Ninh Province during summer have made local authorities worried, reported the online newspaper vov.vn.
HCM City’s police busted an illegal gambling operation run by Đặng Văn Quý, 45, a native of southern Đồng Nai Province on Tuesday.
The implementation of the national drug supply chain management system will help the health sector manage the supply of medicine and prevent the purchase of medicine without prescription.
Dr Bùi Trinh, an economic expert, talks to Nông Thôn ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper about the need to tell taxpayers how their money is used.
Việt Nam is faced with increasing outdoor light pollution, which can be harmful to physical and mental health, according to local experts.
The first-instance trial for the accident at Hòa Bình General Hospital that killed nine people in May last year ended its sixth day on May 22 with a question and answer series among defendants and the board of judges.
Vũ Tiến Lộc, chairman of the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry tells the Công Thương (Trade and Commerce) newspaper that the target of having 1 million successful enterprises by 2020 is feasible
More than VNĐ116 trillion (US$5.04 billion) is needed to upgrade Long Thành, Nội Bài and Tân Sơn Nhất airports for the 2018-21 period, with a vision to 2025, according to the State-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) investment plan.
Children and pregnant women lack access to health services in remote, border and island areas, creating a major challenge for the national programme to eliminate the transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis from mothers to children, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Viết Tiến said in Hà Nội on May 22.
Protecting the environment is now becoming a common motivation of enterprises’s long term strategy, Nguyễn Thế Chinh, head of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment said at an event on May 22.
The central city’s people’s committee has closed a private kindergarten in Thanh Khê district for further investigation on violations after a video clip was posted on social network on May 21.
Three hospital staff members in the southern province of Đồng Nai were suspended from work on Monday after selling expired medicines to a patient last week.
Landslides on Monday occurred along the Ô Môn River in Cần Thơ City’s Ô Môn District, causing five houses to fall in the river.
