Foreign diplomatic delegations on Thursday paid tribute to the late PM Phan Văn Khải at HCM City’s Thống Nhất Hall, expressing deep condolences to the former PM’s family, the State, the Party and the Vietnamese people.
Unseasonal rain in Bù Đốp District caused thousands of pepper-planting poles to collapse and destroyed a vast area of cashew and rubber tress.
The construction of hydro-electric dams in several countries on the mainstream of the Mekong River has seriously impacted the lives of people living along it, a forum heard on Tuesday in Cần Thơ City.
There are more and more illegal parking spots for cars and motorbikes in the inner city of Hà Nội, reported the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economy & Urban) newspaper.
The Bình Phước People’s Committee has decided to plant thousands of hectares of forests in areas semi-submerged by hydropower dams and irrigation reservoirs.
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Hà Nội’s Social Insurance has published a list of 500 businesses with long overdue social insurance premiums, lasting between six months and two years.
The central city of Huế is struggling to conserve relics located along the Hương (Perfume) River as development proliferates in the area.
Employers who hire labourers to work overtime beyond 200 hours per year or 12 hours per day during weekends or public holidays will be fined up to VNĐ75 million (US$3,292).
It takes nearly seven hours to travel from Mường Lay District to the Mường Nhé District Medical Station, where doctor Nguyễn Văn Hiếu examines and treats local children and other residents.
Students of Trần Nhân Tông High school in Hà Nội’s Hai Bà Trưng District will be relocated to two safe locations on Thursday following an order from Director of Hà Nội’s Department of Education and Training Chử Xuân Dũng.
A male passenger accidentally opened an exit door of Vietnam Airline flight VN319, headed to Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam from Narita, Tokyo, during the process of boarding on March 19.
This province's People's Committee has requested local forest owners to examine all natural forest areas and inventory all parts that have been destroyed or illegally encroached upon since 2014.
Hà Nội’s Transport Department has proposed to the Transport Ministry changes of 400 inter-provincial coach routes through the capital city to reduce traffic congestion in the inner city.
Hà Nội will deploy five cars this year to check the quality of food in markets, supermarkets and food stores in an effort to prevent low-quality food from being consumed, said Trần Văn Chung, deputy director of the municipal Health Department.
The Ministry of Health is conducting field trips to 29 health stations in 10 provinces and cities’ communes and wards to survey activities, facilities, personnel and finance in an aim to improve the quality of health care services for local residents.
When overseas funding for HIV/AIDS treatment pills starts to drop as the country enters the group of middle-income countries, the health ministry must involve itself in international bidding wars to secure purchase of the pills at 15-17 per cent lower than the normal rate, bringing more hope to HIV patients in the country.
Social media has recently lit up with discussion about medical treatments that supposedly “follow natural therapies”.
Training on how to help local residents quit smoking will be provided to staff at ward- and commune-level People’s Committees by the HCM City Department of Health.
HCM City has approved the integration of its three emergency numbers as one of the first steps in its makeover as a smart city.
