Việt Nam News

A Nobel prize-winning therapy offers a beacon of hope for the mounting number of cancer patients in Việt Nam, however, doctors caution that expectations should be tempered.

Two large-scale food poisoning cases last week put 500 students in the hospital and left parents concerned about food safety in the country’s schools.

HCM City will allocate VNĐ3 trillion (US$128 million) from the city’s budget to speed up compensation and site clearance for a section of the Beltway No. 3 project, which has been delayed due to a lack of investment, according to Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, deputy chairman of the city’s People’s Committee.

Priority will be given to building anti-flooding works first in the expansion project of Tân Sơn Nhất international airport in HCM City, under a new plan approved recently by the Ministry of Transport. 

Universities in the northern city of Hải Phòng are seeking partnerships with research organisations and enterprises in scientific research and technology development (R&D).

The ASEAN project development training course for Việt Nam, which aims to improve the quality of project proposals, kicked off yesterday in HCM City.

Some 200 female scientists in the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Hà Nội on October 18-29 to seek ways to promote female participation and contribution in science and technology.

A fire occurred yesterday at a karaoke shop on the Hào Nam Street in Hà Nội’s Đống Đa District.

Toll stations on roads built under Build-Operation-Transfer (BOT) contracts could be closed if investors behind the projects delayed repairs, Transport Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể said on Monday after receiving complaints about poor-quality BOT roads in the central province of Bình Định.

Cooperation between private and public health facilities has been ineffective in controlling and detecting tuberculosis cases in HCM City, according to the city’s programme on TB prevention.

The chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Council urged the city’s People’s Committee to seek better solutions to tackle flooding, pollution and traffic congestion at a meeting held on Monday in the city.

The Hà Nội People’s Court opened the first hearing in an illegal gold trading case against International Gold Trading Joint Stock Company (IG JSC) on Monday.

Many creative students have useful initiatives giving helping hands to the community nowadays.

Aloe vera farming has helped farmers in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận adapt to climate change and earn steady incomes since there is high demand for the plant to make food, cosmetics and herbal remedies.

Huệ Anh, a mother of 16-year-old daughter still have been haunted by the death of seven  youngsters at a music festival held in Hà Nội’s West Lake Water Park last month.

River and seaports in the Mekong Delta system of Group 6 ports handle a huge volume of goods, but 70 per cent amount of goods are still carried by road to HCM City.

A decision to implement a programme to reduce traffic congestion and accidents by 2020 was signed by.Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, deputy chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, on Friday (Oct 5).

A database should be created to provide legal advice and information for overseas Vietnamese enterprises that want to invest in the country and build a strong brand for Vietnamese exports, a speaker said at a meeting held on Saturday (Oct 6) in HCM City.