Việt Nam News

As part of a new project, Hà Nội will introduce digital prescriptions to better monitor patients receiving too many medicines or food supplements, and stop people being prescribed the incorrect drugs.

A tropical low-pressure system near the East Sea has gained strength and become a typhoon – internationally named Bebinca – on Monday morning.

Vietnamese students have gained one silver medal and four bronze medals at the 2018 World Mathematics Olympiad.

With a rapidly aging population and declining fertility, Japan had to adopt a more open-door approach towards foreign workers to staff its labour-strapped industries, with Vietnamese workers among the fastest growing groups.

Members of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Saturday weighed in on the draft architecture law for the first time, demanding the law incorporate a combination of technical and artistic perspectives.

Over the past 10 years, Lê Văn Liêm, in Tân Hội Commune, in the southern province of Bến Tre, has given free training to nearly 50 young people.

The important task of renovating and rebuilding dilapidated apartment buildings in Hà Nội has faced several obstacles related to planning, land clearance, and profits for investors and residents, Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper has reported.

Hà Nội’s Transport Department has asked the Ministry of Transport to fix cracks and subsidence that have reappeared on the surface of Thăng Long Bridge over the last few months, threatening road safety.

The HCM City Electricity Corporation encourages households to instal rooftop solar panels and now there are 475 of them connected to its grid with a total capacity of nearly 5.3MW.

Vietnamese guest workers in foreign countries have contributed to reducing poverty in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long but the number of workers abroad still remains low, according to the provincial People’s Committee.  

The approved land-use master plan for HCM City will have significant impact on the city’s development in the future, Nguyễn Toàn Thắng, director of the municipal Natural Resource and Environment Department, said.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has prosecuted seven former leaders of PetroVietnam Coating Joint Stock Company (PV Coating) for alleged embezzlement and violation of State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences.

A mother, daughter and granddaughter were found dead yesterday after being strangled to death at their home in Châu Thành District’s Tam Hiệp Commune in the Mekong Delta province of Tiền Giang, according to police.

A programme to raise funds for flood victims via text message has received VNĐ429.8 million (US$19,100), according to Việt Nam Red Cross.

A landslide killed two people who were traveling on a district-level road on Saturday evening, Dương Đức Huy, Party Secretary of Bảo Yên District in Lào Cai province, announced.

Sóc Trăng Province is seeking investment in wind power projects and has asked prospective investors to send in applications.

President Trần Đại Quang on Friday met students participating in the third national festival of outstanding leaders of Hồ Chí Minh Young Pioneer Organisation’s chapters held in Hà Nội. 

HCM City seeks funds for 17 flood-control and wastewater treatment projects because of a city budget shortfall, authorities said at a meeting on Thursday.