Tết (Lunar New Year) bonuses in HCM City are expected to rise 10.8 per cent compared to last year, with the average bonus being VNĐ8.3 million (US$364), according to a report from the city’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Doctors at the Hà Nội Medical University Hospital have successfully removed a large tumor from a man’s testicles.
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Ten infectious diseases are entitled to compulsory vaccination under an expanded national vaccination programme (NEVP) that started on January 1.
The use of herbal medicine is on the rise among Vietnamese in recent years, but concerns about management and arbitrary pricing are growing, too.
A fishing vessel caught fire while anchored near Sa Cần waterfront in the central province of Quảng Ngãi.
HCM City People’s Committee this year will focus on carrying out National Assembly’s Resolution No 54 on piloting special policies on land management, investment, finance and the state budget for the city.
A recent audit on road maintenance funds conducted by the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) has revealed loopholes in their collection and expenditure, raising questions over the transparency of the fund’s management.
The Hà Nội criminal police division yesterday requested collaboration from organisations and citizens in the search for Nguyễn Hồng Lâm, chairman of the People’s Committee of Quốc Oai District, who was reported to have been missing from December 26, 2017.
Bắc Mê Hydro-Power Plant in Yên Phong and Phú Nam communes of northern mountainous province of Hà Giang made an unscheduled water discharge, which resulted in major losses for the local people, the authority official has said.
A man who suffered from cardioclasis was saved by doctors at Thống Nhất General Hospital in southern province of Đồng Nai on Monday.
In the last few days, a large amount of fish died en mass along the Phủ River in Tư Nghĩa District, the central province of Quảng Ngãi.
A group of 11 youngsters who used knives and scimitars to stop vehicles and “ask” for money last Friday night on a section of Nội Bài-Lào Cai Expressway passing through Phù Ninh District could be sentenced to a 2-7 year prison term.
A tropical low-pressure system is quickly moving west at 30-35km per hour and heading to the East Sea.
Six inspection teams have been founded to check food safety and hygiene in 12 provinces and cities, said the Ministry of Health.
As talk swirls about the upcoming challenge of caring of the elderly, some of these subjects are taking care of society’s problems, putting younger generations to shame.
The Đồng Tháp Mười (Plain of Reeds) area in the Mekong Delta, known for its agricultural prowess, is in need of major agricultural reform to reach its true potential, experts have said.
Cà Thị Xoa, from Chiềng La Village in the mountain province of Sơn La, decided to go to Hà Nội to search for a job after her husband went away without saying a word.
Two new bridges, Đăng and Hàn, across the Thái Bình River, were officially opened for traffic on January 1.
The usage of online public services at the district level in HCM City has gained significant progress, according to the HCM City’s Information and Communications Department.
HCM City will expand the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology this year for surveillance of infectious diseases, such as hand-foot-mouth, throughout the city after successfully piloting it for dengue fever, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre department’s deputy director Nguyễn Hữu Hưng told Việt Nam News.
