Việt Nam News

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has decided not to raise tuition at schools in all of the city’s 24 districts this year.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Government plan to upgrade runways at Nội Bài and Tân Sơn Nhất airports, the nation’s two largest and busiest airports, which would cost around VND4.2 trillion (US$184 million).

 People mark World Population Day in Hà Nội which fell yesterday with the theme "Family Planning is a Human Right". In Việt Nam, the rate of modern contraceptive use rose from 37 per cent in 1988 to 67 per cent in 2016.

A community centre has been opened in Tam Thanh Commune in co-operation with the UNESCO Office in Hà Nội to promote  tourism, cultural exchanges and artistic performances among the local community and tourists.

Talks were held between authorities of central Quảng Ngãi Province and local residents to address pollution caused at a local dumping site this morning (July 10) after residents blocked garbage trucks from entering the site for days.

Việt Nam jumps two ranks on the Global Innovation Index 2018 (GII) to place 45 out of 126 economies in the GII report published on Wednesday.

HCM City plans to cease the construction of high-rise apartment buildings in downtown area while focusing on building apartment complexes along major public transport routes in Districts 2, 9 and Thủ Đức.

The Department of Health in northern coastal Quảng Ninh Province has invited doctors from Hà Nội’s Bạch Mai Hospital to take air samples for tests to find out why nearly 100 workers lost consciousness during work hours last month.

Việt Nam has made huge strides in ensuring access to family planning. Ongoing investment has ensured that contraceptives, services and information are available to virtually the entire nation, experts agreed at a ceremony to mark World Population Day on Wednesday in Hà Nội with the theme of "Family Planning is a Human Right".

The People’s Committee of southern Bình Thuận Province yesterday sent an urgent message to authorized agencies on the implementation of measures to prevent oil spills from sunken vessel.

The Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health on Tuesday tasked all provincial departments of health and medicine manufacturers and pharmacies to suspend the circulation of all types of medicine containing Valsartan by the China-based Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Company indicated in a designated list, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

A 45-seat passenger bus running on the capital’s belt-ring road in the direction of Cầu Giấy Road crashed into the rear of a container car near the National Convention Centre at 4am Wednesday, local media reported.

The south is expected to face electricity shortages for the next three years as the construction of power plant projects is one to four years behind schedule, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

A high-level appeals court in Hà Nội yesterday upheld the prison sentences of three defendants for conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam.

Đắk R’Lấp District General Hospital has received five patients with A/H1N1 virus since early this month in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông.

Teachers and therapists from schools and hospitals around the country on Monday resumed training in practical autism intervention skills.

The Cát Linh - Hà Đông elevated railway in Hà Nội has been connected to the national power grid for its trial operation this month, according to the railway project management board. The train has undergone a test run on each section in July before being tested on the whole system next month, a representative of the board said.

People require medical care even before they fall sick, said health minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến at the opening of a training programme to improve the quality of local clinics and the country’s grass-roots level health care system, in Đan Phượng District, Hà Nội.