Việt Nam News

 The Forest Protection Department in the central province of Quảng has reported that it has issued a 15-day work suspension notification to six forest rangers.

Hundreds of families living along Chợ Gạo Canal in Mekong province of Tiền Giang fear a landslide might destroy their homes any moment.

Two Dak Lak officials have been reprimanded for hiring too many public school teachers.

As many as 137 health workers in the northern province of Lai Châu got sacked this month after the province reviewed its employment policy.

Exploding dynamite when fishing is being blamed for the mass of dead fish that washed ashore in the central province of Quảng Trị.

Poverty was the most troubling issue for the Vietnamese population in 2017, despite the country’s impressive economic growth over the last decade, said a report this morning.

Nguyễn Thanh Liêm, a leading paediatric surgeon, has been awarded the 2018 Nikkei Asia Prize in the Science and Technology category.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has called for joint efforts and drastic actions to address the lingering consequences of bombs, mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) left by wars throughout the country.

Investors of apartment buildings in Hà Nội who fail or defer to follow regulations on fire prevention would face legal proceedings, a municipal People’s Committee meeting heard yesterday.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hậu Giang plans to build a safe water-supply network serving 70 per cent of residents in urban areas, with an average of 70 litres per person per day by 2020.

 Three pregnant women in the southern province of Tiền Giang and another from Bạc Liêu Province were given incorrect medicine, and one of them miscarried soon after.

Ports in Cát Lái Area in HCM City’s District 9 cannot be expanded because they are surrounded by residential areas just as they were 20 years ago when they had been located in inner districts.

Of Cà Mau Province’s 226,000 households, 10 per cent still do not have access to clean water.

A smart healthcare system that exploits Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) has been set up by the Ministry of Health to improve the quality of health examinations and medical treatment.

Final negotiations between 19 fishermen and the two companies involved in a steel ship damage case in the central province of Bình Định would take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A product called Himalayan pink salt has been gaining popularity in the health and beauty market in Việt Nam, but experts have said there is no scientific evidence of its health benefits, Lao Động (Labour) newspaper reported.

Many heath facilities are being developed in HCM City’s neighbouring Đồng Nai Province, especially in rural areas, to improve convenience for the public.