Việt Nam News

For six years, Vũ Văn Quang has helped hundreds of students cross the road safely. His two daily shifts at Trung Sơn Trầm Primary School, from 10 to 10:45 in the morning and from 16:15 to 17:00 in the afternoon, are inspired by disturbing accidents he saw years ago.

The pơ-mu (Fujian cypress) forest in Yên Bái Province once protected water resources and prevented soil erosion, but in recent years, it has become exploited to the point of destruction. But not everyoned is prepared to admit this.

Representatives from twenty five traditional medicine and pharmaceutical producers joined a workshop last Friday in Hà Nội, focusing on promoting sustainable harvesting and fair trade practices as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), in particular through the application of the FairWild Standard.

An inter-departmental team of officials will study the 10 areas with the worst traffic congestion in HCM City and recommend measures to ease the problem by year-end.

Proactive preparations are urged in the face of an incoming tropical depression which is likely to strengthen into a typhoon over the next 24-48 hours, the central steering on natural disaster prevention said.

The Ministry of Construction and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) yesterday organised a training workshop on management of construction projects in Việt Nam.

 Community-based care for the elderly, a pilot programme in the northern Ninh Bình Province, has helped hundreds of elderly people access better healthcare services.

Sustainable agricultural development was the key to the global sustainable development, and breeding played an important role in Việt Nam’s development and growth, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Quốc Doanh.

Nine officials from a public transport operation centre in HCM City have been suspended for 15 days after a report published on Thanh Niên (Young people) newspaper alleged they were receiving bribes.

As many as 145 children in Cẩm Khê District, Phú Thọ northern province, were hospitalised on Thursday night due to alleged food poisoning.

An initiative to maintain communication systems during disasters received the Newton Prize in Việt Nam on Thursday.

The Việt Nam Computer Emergency Response Team has ordered all cybersecurity units at State agencies, enterprises and banks from the central to the local level to guard against the CoinHive malicious code.

The Ministry of Public Security is widening investigations into problems related to a batch of cancer drugs called H-Capita (500mg). It is also examning the responsibilities of the Department of Drug Administration of  Việt Nam (DAVN) and individuals involved.

The Sài Gòn Water Supply Corporation (SAWACO) and Vinci Construction Grands Projects – Bessac CW1 on Wednesday (November 15) began construction of an underground water pipe to improve the city centre’s water supply.

The Việt Nam Red Cross Society on Thursday launched a comprehensive programme to train members of the public in disaster prevention, provide targeted relief to victims and improve forecasting in the central region, which is battered by disasters every year.

The HCM City Blood Transfusion Haematology Hospital yesterday (November 16) successfully performed the country’s first ever peripheral blood stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor.