Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng on Monday visited households affected by the landslide on the banks of Hậu River in An Giang Province’s Mỹ Hội Đông Commune.

 The spread of WannaCry ransomware has been wreaking havoc across the world since Friday, and several Vietnamese businesses and agencies are advised to take cautions.

Throughout the country, especially northern region and a number of central provinces from Thanh Hoá to Thừa Thiên-Huế, rainfall of varying degrees is expected today, along with thunderstorms, hailstorms and powerful gusts.

Fifty-three hospitals in HCM City, including 30 city hospitals and 23 district hospitals, installed e-survey systems to receive paitient’s feebacks, according to the city’s Department of Health.

More than 200 members of Việt Nam’s Border Guard force, firemen, medical staff and the US fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF-4) took part in an oil spill exercise in the Hàn River on Saturday.

When students of Nguyễn Văn Trỗi Secondary School in HCM City’s Gò Vấp District violate any regulation of the schools or misbehave, teachers meet with each of them to learn the reason, help them recognise their violations and guide them to the correct behavior instead of using physical punishment as they would have one year ago.

HCM City Department of Health on launched a campaign calling on the community to take part in the prevention of dengue fever and Zika as part of ASEAN Dengue Day.

It’s high fishing season in the central province of Bình Định, but Lê Văn Thãi, owner of the fishing ship Lê Gia 01, is busy working with a team to repair his steel-hulled fishing boat instead of sailing out to sea.

Come summer, people in the capital once again face one of the most dreaded spectres of urban life, water shortage.

As a dynamic region with rapid economic growth, the Asia-Pacific region has become a primary driving force for the global economy thanks to its abundant human resources with high skills, which are effectively combined with quality institutional frameworks and close collaboration among member economies, said a Vietnamese official.

One of main reasons for the increasing deforestation in provinces was the poor awareness on forest land management among concerned agencies, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

The Đồng Tháp Province’s People’s Committee has asked the Government to provide VNĐ82 billion (US$3.6 million) in funds to move local residents’ property from landslide  and flood-prone areas to new residential areas.

Over 200 older parents accompanied by their adult children received free and comprehensive health checks at Chợ Rẫy Hospital last Saturday, part of the Parent’s Companion event held by Abbott in collaboration with the Việt Nam Medical Association on the occasion of Mother’s-Father’s Day.

Parliaments should take stronger action to respond to climate change by maximising their roles as legislators and supervisors as well as enhancing international co-operation to ensure “no one is left behind”, said a Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) official.

A contest on creating recycled rubbish into useable tools was launched yesterday in the ancient city with an aim of cleaning the beach for future among children nationwide.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc inaugurated the construction of a new coastal road, connecting port city Hải Phòng and coastal Thái Bình Province, on Saturday, the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

Some VNĐ62 trillion (US$2.7 billion) of official development aid (ODA) is the amount proposed by the Hà Nội People’s Committee to build two new railway routes in the city.  

The HCM City People’s Committee has proposed the Ministry of Trade and Industry approve the city’s power transmission development plan with a total investment of about VNĐ42.9 trillion (nearly US$1.9 billion).