Many farmers in northern Vĩnh Phúc Province have been chopping down their đinh lăng (polyscias fruiticose) trees, a medicinal plant species, as they can’t find a consumption market although constantly reducing selling prices.
Hospitals in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk are being improved dramatically to provide better care to locals to reduce the number of patients going to HCM City and other cities for treatment.
Public hospitals are facing a “brain drain” with many doctors and pharmacists moving to private health facilities attracted by their high salaries.
Periodic dialogue on occupational safety and health policies was very essential, in order to share information, to increase understanding among employers, workers, trade unions, and agencies, an official said.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed Directive 10/CT-TTg on strengthening the management of activities related to Bitcoin and other similar virtual currencies.
HCM City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment is working with other agencies to identify polluting facilities that should be shut down or relocated to new production areas in outlying areas of the city.
The average annual income of residents in HCM City’s Củ Chi District has increased to more than VNĐ46 million (US$2,000) per capita, up 1.14 times against 2015, according to Lê Đình Đức, deputy chairman of the district’s People’s Committee.
The police chief’s position in Hà Nội’s communes will be assigned to professional police officers instead of semi-professional ones, Hà Nội People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung said on Tuesday.
Bắc Vinh Coach Station in Nghi Kim Commune in the central city of Vinh opened to the public on April 11, replacing the station in the city’s downtown.
The Education and Training Department in central Phú Yên province found at least three high schools with poor infrastructure that threaten the safety of students and staff.
The Việt Nam Register (VR) on Tuesday asked its branches nationwide to tighten inspection of waterway vessels after a ferry accident in HCM City on April 8.
More researches on labour, social issues and labour market supply and demand should be conducted and more instruction and orientation should be given to vocational training.
The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) was closely following an alleged cryptocurrency fraud in HCM City, to which as many as 32,000 people could have fallen victim, involving a sum of up to VNĐ15 trillion (US$666 million), a bank official said.
As a new season of prawn breeding approaches, a rash of low quality juvenile prawns this year is troubling farmers in Mekong Delta provinces, the country’s major prawn-producing area.
A spate of wild mushroom poisonings in the mountainous provinces has alarmed doctors who fear locals are disregarding their warnings that the only way to prevent poisoning is to avoid eating wild mushrooms entirely.
Microsoft Vietnam and the Dariu Foundation on Tuesday launched a project called “Enabling Boat” to help disadvantaged youth in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta access computer science and code literacy.
In 2009, farmer Bùi Văn Chung in northern Nam Định Province’s Hải Quang Commune made the difficult decision to chop down ornamental trees to grow đinh lăng (Polyscias fruticose), a medicinal plant species.
Beginning on July 1, the Health Ministry and Việt Nam Social Security will adjust the unreasonable prices of some healthcare services to better manage health insurance funds, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.
There is enough stock of rabies vaccines to meet demand in the country, the Drug Administration of Việt Nam has said.
