Việt Nam News

A woman who suffered from complications during a V-line surgery at HCM City-based Emcas Medical-Plastic Surgery Clinic will be taken to Singapore for treatment as her family’s last resort.

The Ministry of Transport has agreed to a proposal to reduce toll fare at Build-Transfer-Operate (BOT) tolls stations on the Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Expressway by 25 per cent.

A kindergarten under construction in the capital city’s outer Nam Từ Liêm District collapsed early Monday morning. No casualties have been reported.

Two people died after a fire broke out at a house in Chương Mỹ District’s Xuân Mai Town on Monday morning.

A woman and her young daughter died in an accident on Highway No. 21 in the northern province of Hà Nam, according to Bình Lục District Police.

The biggest conference ever held on the Mekong Delta, occurring this week in Cần Thơ, is a chance for the Government to hear of breakthrough ideas on sustainable development in the southern region, which is greatly threatened by climate change, environment minister Trần Hồng Hà said yesterday.

The HCM City is planning to extend the Metro Line No 2 Bến Thành – Tham Lương to 9.3 km.

High investment costs and low parking fees have made investors less interested in building automated car parking lots in HCM City, experts said at a workshop held on September 22.

Public hospitals in HCM City will be allowed to employ doctors and other health staff members without the city’s household registration book starting in November, helping them solve a shortage of medical staff, according to the city Department of Health.

Hà Nội streets are getting a facelift: authorities have begun paving degraded streets with natural stone as part of a project to beautify the city and improve safety for walkers and dirvers.

Three fishermen on a fishing boat from Hà Tĩnh Province were rescued in the sea after getting a choke while working in a cold store on  Saturday.

HCM City Youth Social Work Centre is organising entertainment programmes for children, especially disadvantaged kids on the outskirts of the city and the provinces of An Giang, Tây Ninh and Bình Phước to enjoy the Mid-autumn Festival which falls on October 4 this year.

Multilateral, regional and international deals and initiatives to counter global warming must be prioritised and implemented, said Ngô Thị Hòa, ambassador of Việt Nam to the Netherlands, on Thursday.

A social media campaign, Rhino Vegan Challenge, was launched yesterday in HCM City on World Rhino Day on September 22 to improve public awareness of rhino protection.

Việt Nam’s Social Security has urged social insurance agencies in various localities to properly handle profit-making activities that use health insurance funds intended for medical check-ups and treatment.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has allowed the Hà Nội People’s Committee to choose the investors for a pedestrian flyover along the city’s ringroad No 2.

“I have never seen a trained housemaid,” said Nguyễn Thanh Vân of Hoàn Kiếm District, who is seeking a nanny for her baby nephew. “I have asked almost everyone in my circle of acquaintances. They shared tips for choosing the ideal maid who can both care for the baby and help my sister-in-law with housework.”

The Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) organised a ceremony in HCM City on Friday to announce the winners of the contest to design the terminal for Long Thành International Airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai.