Việt Nam News

Communicable diseases from around the world could enter Việt Nam and spread easily if the country does not improve prevention and control, said Trần Đắc Phu, director of the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department.

Abnormal weather late last year and earlier this year has caused losses for farmers in southern provinces of Đồng Nai and Bình Phước, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

Doctors at HCM City’s FV Hospital on Tuesday used a free fibular flap to reconstruct the lower jaw of a 61-year-old man with a necrotic mandible.

The Đồng Nai Province Sub-department of Animal Husbandry and Health and other agencies have raided and fined nine slaughterhouses a total of VNĐ75 million (US$3,400) so far this year for failing to obtain quarantine and hygiene certificates.

A foreign project to establish a higher education institution in Việt Nam must secure total investment funds of at least VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.5million), according to a draft decree on foreign investment in education newly issued by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

Practical and specific measures are needed instead of general and vague directions from authorities to ensure clean production and food safety.

Stand on just about any sidewalk in downtown HCM City and you can’t fail to see an oncoming stream of taxis, a welcome sight for passengers during rush hour and rainy days, but quite a nuisance for many others.  

Dozens of fishing vessels in central coastal Quảng Bình Province’s Đức Trạch Commune have lain idle because the owners of the boats could not find labourers for offshore fishing.

The sale of nitrous oxide and nitrous oxide-filled balloons might be temporarily banned in Hà Nội, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Hoàng Trung Hải.

The Bạc Liêu Province People’s Committee on Tuesday organised a meeting to discuss measures to repair two dykes that were breached by seawater in the last few days.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved an investment in a project titled “Strengthening community connections for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in southern provinces.”

The investor of the Hà Nội – Hải Phòng Expressway could collect toll fees for 28 years, 8 months, and 27 days, about one year less than originally envisaged.

Hoài Nhơn District People’s Committee in the central province of Bình Định on Tuesday received eight fishing ships with steel cover at a ceremony which saw the participation of more than 200 local seamen.

Flood tide during the past three days has caused serious erosion in the coastal area of Thạnh Hải Village, Bảo Thuận Commune, Ba Tri District, in southern Bến Tre Province.

Việt Nam has set a target of controlling rabies in dogs and eliminating the disease in humans by 2021.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a diktat prohibiting the use of plant protection products containing paraquat and 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in Việt Nam.