Việt Nam News

Situated along Nhiêu Lộc Canal in HCM City’s District 1, Vạn Thọ (Longevity) Pagoda has been a trusted place for free traditional cures for sprains, fractures and muscle and bone injuries for more than 30 years.

One of the most conspicuous features of Hà Nội’s old urban areas is the endless tangle of overhead electrical wires bundled precariously atop power poles.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Trương Văn Dũng’s family restaurant, located near Nghiệp Industrial Zone offers meals for just VNĐ2,000. Poor people living in the area arrive to enjoy soup, a vegetable and meat, all steeply discounted from the usual price of  VNĐ 15.000-20.000.

Nine HCM City chemistry students have successfully managed to grow spirulina at home and are selling the know-how to enthusiasts.

The second branch of the N-shaped flyover at the Nguyễn Thái Sơn-Nguyễn Kiệm roundabout in Gò Vấp District near HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất airport opened to traffic today (Nov 16).

Việt Nam Social Insurance (VSI) looks to reduce social insurance debt to below 3 per cent of its estimate this year, heard a conference on VSI operations held in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The District 2 Hospital in HCM City yesterday inaugurated an eight-storey building with 110 beds that increases its capacity to 560 beds.

A two-year-old campaign in schools in the northern province of Ninh Bình which called on each student to donate at least VNĐ1,000 has helped build eight houses for poor students worth total VNĐ500 million (US$22,000).

Serious erosion has been found at several spots around two favourite destinations – the Đục Pagoda and Giếng Tiền Mountain – on Lý Sơn Island, 30km off the coast of the central province.

Recent heavy rains and strong winds have caused serious erosion to hundreds of metres of Cửa Đạt reservoir’s strong dam in the central province of Thanh Hóa.

A television reports competition on the topic of cigarette harm prevention and control was launched on Wednesday in Hà Nội by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Seventeen leading German companies in Việt Nam will interview local young talent at the 2^nd German Job Fair to be held on Saturday (November 18) at Hoa Lư Stadium in HCM City’s District 1.

The number of Vietnamese students in the US has increased consistently for 16 consecutive years, according to the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) annual Open Doors report.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved the purchase of a number of diesel buses that will replace older ones that are in poor condition.

The People’s Court of Biên Hòa City yesterday opened a criminal trial against two people for charges related to the collapse of the Ghềnh Railway Bridge in southern Đồng Nai Province, but quickly closed the court to allow time to collect more information about the case.

In order to reduce pressure placed on central hospitals, the basic medical services package at commune-level medical facilities will be implemented from December, 2017.

Children at kindergartens in 41 out of 63 provinces and cities studied English in the 2016-2017 academic year, an increase of 20 areas compared to the 2013-2014 period, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Director of the General Hospital in northern Hòa Bình Province on Tuesday dismissed news on social media that the hospital was irresponsible in compensating eight families of kidney patients who died in May while receiving dialysis at the hospital.