Việt Nam News

Eighteen individuals and groups won prizes at the Vietnamese Women Awards this year on the occasion of the upcoming national Women’s Day (October 20).

Despite the increasing challenges facing land transport, HCM City has yet to use nearly 1,000km of rivers and canals for the purpose.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has proposed building a world-class paediatric hospital in Cẩm Lệ District, with an estimated price tag of US$300 million.

Obstetricians at Hùng Vương Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital in HCM City on Monday saved the life of a 27-year-old woman suffering from uterine inversion, a rare and fatal childbirth complication, thanks to the inter-hospital red alert.

The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health warned yesterday that flooding and rains in central and northern provinces could trigger disease outbreaks.

Nguyễn Viết Cường of Buôn Hồ Town in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk took drugs for almost 14 years, since he was 16, as evidenced by the needle marks on his arms. For years, he used to go out at night to meet other drug addicts whom he called friends. They gathered in local cemeteries or other quiet spots to inject drug.  

Decades after the end of conflict between Việt Nam and the US, teams from the two countries are still working to restore soil contaminated by toxic chemicals employed by the American military during the war.

Vietnamese youth are attending the October 15-22 World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi, Russia.

More than 1,000 old trees on Phạm Văn Đồng Street will be chopped down by the end of this year to broaden the street and build a bridge on Belt Road No. 3.

HelpAge International is launching the first findings of a study of Older People’s Associations (OPAs), conducted by the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing in four Asian countries, Cambodia, China, Myanmar and Việt Nam.

Over 30,000 tonnes of sulphur have been left in the open at Hoàng Diệu Port in northern Hải Phòng City for 20 days, causing concern over the risk of fire and environmental pollution.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday sent condolences to his Somali counterpart, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, after the devastating terrorist bombing that hit the capital Mogadishu on Saturday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has hailed the Party and State’s use of credit to implement social policies, saying the policy contributes to development and poverty reduction.

The roads to Nam Hài Village in Hà Nội’s suburban district of Chương Mỹ are so flooded that the village has been receiving safe water via canoes sent daily by the district’s High Command. At the edge of the village in Nam Phương Tiến commune, the water line reaches towards some roofs and treetops.

The health sector, medical institutions and governments across the country need to closely co-operate with the social insurance agency, which faces a huge deficit, to prevent abuse of the system, the agency’s officials have said.   

Although pleased to know his house will be relocated from the filthy slum along the Đôi Canal in District 8, resident Huỳnh Văn Quý of HCM City is worried he won’t be able to afford a new home.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà yesterday led a team of government officials to meet local officials in areas affected by heavy rains and floods, in order to support recovery efforts.

More than 24,000 train tickets out of 72,000 bookings made online for the Tết period (Lunar New Year holiday) were sold on the first day of sales on Sunday in HCM City.