VN to send first female security officer for UN peacekeeping

Việt Nam has been actively participating in the United Nations (UN)’ peacekeeping operations and a responsible member of the international community, said Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga, Head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the UN.

Boats run aground in Phú Yên

One fisherman went missing off the coast of central Phú Yên Province when three fishing boats ran aground on Saturday.

Violence on health workers wrong: MoH

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has asked authorised agencies to commence criminal proceedings against people who commit violence against health workers to ensure the safety of doctors in their workplace.

Endangered animals seized from illegal animal trader

The Ministry of Public Security’s Police Department for Environmental Crime Prevention and Control (C49B) and local police on Thursday seized more than 150 endangered animals being kept illegally at a house in the southern province of Bình Phước.

JICA helps HCM City monitor greenhouse gas emissions

More than 90 per cent of HCM City’s CO2 emissions in 2013 came from transportation and stationary energy, which refers to fuel consumption for electricity generation, manufacturing, construction and others like domestic heating.

HCMC aims to reduce groundwater use

HCM City is considering an eight-year plan to reduce the exploitation of groundwater resources in an aim to protect residents’ health and avoid risks of land subsidence.

Almost half of city kids have eyesight issues

More than 40 per cent of students in big cities such as Hà Nội and HCM City suffer from eye refractive defect, in which myopia accounts for two-thirds of cases,  according to the statistic of health sector.

Students hospitalised after drinking free milk at school

Nearly 400 primary school students in the southern province of Hậu Giang underwent medical examinations yesterday morning after drinking free milk at school, 30 of them were hospitalised with symptoms of digestive disorder.

Taxi monopolies penalise hospital patients

A man named Nam from Hà Nam Province called a taxi to take his father from the Việt Nam-Germany Hospital in Hà Nội to the nearby Hà Nội Heart Hospital for medical tests. However, taxi drivers in front of the building refused to make the trip due to the short distance between the two hospitals.

Đà Nẵng smiles for APEC Summit

The citizens of Đà Nẵng have been asked to smile during the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Eonomic Leaders' Meeting on November 5-11.

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