Việt Nam News

A product called Himalayan pink salt has been gaining popularity in the health and beauty market in Việt Nam, but experts have said there is no scientific evidence of its health benefits, Lao Động (Labour) newspaper reported.

Investors of apartment buildings in Hà Nội who fail or defer to follow regulations on fire prevention would face legal proceedings, a municipal People’s Committee meeting heard yesterday.

A smart healthcare system that exploits Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) has been set up by the Ministry of Health to improve the quality of health examinations and medical treatment.

 A fibre factory in the northern province of Quảng Ninh was damaged by a large inferno that started at some 2.30am on Wednesday.

Four people were injured in a major collision on HCM City – Long Thành – Dầu Giây Highway yesterday afternoon.

Forty-one people have been removed from the list of newly-appointed professors and associate professors that was announced in early February.

There will be two direct flights weekly from Switzerland to Việt Nam starting November, Federal Councilor of Switzerland Doris Leuthard said on Tuesday when she met Transport Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể.

An Giang Province aims to have at least 90 per cent of the population covered by health insurance by 2020, as per the Government’s goal.

Property developer Vingroup today signed a strategic cooperation agreement with two of the top 20 leading universities in the world, US-based Cornell and Pennsylvania (Penn).

The deputy transport minister on Monday denied rumours that Hà Nội’s prolonged Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban railway project would be delayed for the fifth time till 2021.

Pressure from local media and public has prompted an investigation by ranger authorities into the origin of three large perennial trees found at a plot in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.

The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards.

Slow compensation to clear existing residents has delayed construction on a new facility for HCM City Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopaedics for six years.

HCM City in recent years has built a number of multi-million dollar roads, including the Hà Nội, Nguyễn Văn Linh and Phạm Văn Đồng highways, but footbridges.and public restroom facilities were not included as part of the projects.  

Twenty years have passed since the young doctor, Trịnh Đức Thiện, left Huế City for the remote and mountainous A Vao Commune in central Quảng Trị Province’s Đăk Rông District to work after graduating from medical college.

HCM City authorities are set to step up oversight of inland waterway transport to ensure safety and smoother movement of goods and passengers.

Artichokes produced in Lào Cai Province contain a high concentration of cynarin, which can assist in lowering cholesterol and breaking down unwanted fat. Farmers in the region are cashing in on increased demand.