A fishing vessel saved 10 foreign men, including eight Burmese nationals, who were drifting on a life raft in the seas of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, about 25 nautical miles to the southeast of Côn Đảo Island.
The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has officially launched a new Korean radio programme to mark the 26th anniversary of the Việt Nam-South Korea diplomatic relationship (1992-2018).
The Government Inspectorate’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has launched two hotline numbers and an email address to receive public reports on corruption.
A Tuesday evening railway accident in the central coastal province of Khánh Hòa killed one woman and injured four others including a five-year-old child, said an official of the provincial Phú Khánh Railway Company.
A serious traffic accident occurred on Tuesday evening on Trích Sài Street in Hà Nội’s Tây Hồ District when an intoxicated driver slammed her car into a number of motorbikes, injuring six people.
Labour-export companies might be banned from sending Vietnamese workers abroad for jobs considered dangerous.
Online sexual exploitation of children has been increasing in Việt Nam in recent years.
The central city of Đà Nẵng’s education and training department has allocated a fund of VNĐ40 billion (US$1.77 million) to upgrade and build new multi-sport arenas at 26 schools by 2022.
It is necessary to equip young people with a mindset characterised by innovation and enterprise, and empower them with the future skills needed for them to succeed, an expert told an international conference that opened in HCM City on Tuesday.
One hundred teams from across Việt Nam are taking part in a biggest ever cyber-attack drill, which runs in Hà Nội, Đà Nẵng and HCM City from Tuesday to Friday.
A former intravenous drug user in HCM City had the hepatitis C virus (HCV) for many years but did not know about it.
HCM City authorities on Tuesday launched the HCM City Innovation Contest to select creative and innovative ideas to build a “smart and sustainable” city.
Many think those who send their parents to nursing homes are selfish and have forgotten those who loved and nurtured them as a child.
Fees for more than 1,900 healthcare services for insured patients were raised from 3 per cent to more than 11 per cent at all health facilities in the country on December 15, according to the Ministry of Health.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday received a delegation from the Holy See, led by Under-Secretary for Relations with States Antoine Camilleri, who is in Việt Nam to attend the seventh meeting of the Việt Nam-Vatican Joint Working Group.
A conference on the National Assembly and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), organised by the National Assembly, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the UN Development Programme, wrapped up in the central city of Đà Nẵng yesterday.
The Ministry of Public Security has decided to prosecute Đỗ Văn Khạnh, former director general of the PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP).
Việt Nam’s rice brand logo was unveiled on Tuesday night during the opening ceremony of the third Việt Nam Rice Festival held in Tân An City in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Long An.
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam yesterday praised the health sector for its efforts in recent years to raise hospitals’ quality.
Gia An Hospital 115 in HCM City on Tuessday launched a charity campaign called Hạc Giấy Trao Triệu Niềm Tin (Paper Crane Bringing Belief) to donate funds for treatment and surgeries for child patients with severe health problems and diseases.
