Disadvantaged herbalist with golden heart

Trần Quang Dũng, 36, has been paralysed since an illness when he was 2 years old. But he has not only survived and thrived with his disability—he has also provided support to disadvantaged people thanks in part to a cherished role model.

Warrant issued for doctor attacker

The Yên Bái police have launched criminal proceedings against a man for deliberately assaulting doctors from the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, reported Người Lao Đông (The Labourer) newspaper.

Vegetable prices fall severely

Farmers of the southern central province of Quảng Ngãi are now suffering a severe crisis due to the catastrophic drop in vegetable prices. Some 1,000 ha of vegetables in local farms could become raw material for fertilisers instead of making it to markets.  

Prices of herbal medicines to be standardised

The supply, price and use of herbal medicines will be tightened by strengthening policies on quality assessment at medical facilities, the Minister of Health (MoH) Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has stressed. 

Việt Nam faces risk of bird flu outbreak

The Department of Animal Health (DAH) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned about the threat of bird flu outbreak following one A/H5N6 bird flu outbreak recorđe in the past 21 days in Đại Bản Commune, An Dương District, in the northern port city of Hải Phòng.

 

Hải Phòng imports camphor trees from China

Authority in Hải Phòng City has explained on the import of more than 1,000 camphor trees (Cinnamomum camphora) from China to plant along Phạm Văn Đồng Road, saying that domestic gardens did not have enough of the trees and their prices were higher than those from China.

Ministry reforms school entry rules

This year, the Ministry of Education and Training will decide minimum entrance score for only teacher training institutions while minimum entrance scores for other universities, colleges and vocational schools will be scrapped.

Woman rejects money to keep fish sauce traditions alive

 On a recent sunny day, Phan Thị Kim Ngân, 53, wore an old palm-leaf conical hat, as she removed the cover of a barrel containing traditional fish sauce in her garden in Cồn Sơn Commune in the Mekong Delta City of Cần Thơ.

PM praises 3 Sóc Trăng students for honesty

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has praised three students in the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng for their honesty in returning a sum of VNĐ40 million (about US$1,760) to its owner.

One dies, two injured in motorbike accident

One died and two others were seriously injured in an accident on Saturday afternoon in Thắng Lợi Commune, Buôn Ma Thuột District in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk.

Electronics firms face labour shortage

Hundreds of electronics manufacturers in Việt Nam are having difficulty recruiting labourers, said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Fugitive banker wanted internationally

On Saturday, the Ministry of Public Security’s investigation police issued an international wanted notice for a fugitive bank executive for fraudulence, illegally appropriating over US$10 million from a customer.

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