Việt Nam News

In Bãi Xép, a small, peaceful village on the south-central coastal of Bình Định, a handful of fishermen have taken on the task of rescuing container ships foundering in heavy seas.

Khuất Quang Huy, head of the maintenance and repairing team for Airbus A350 and A330 under the Việt Nam Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO), started his work day at 6:40 am as usual.

To prepare for the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Tết Offensive and other events, HCM City authorities have banned vehicles from certain streets on January 26.

The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Việt Nam on Wednesday launched a new Health Co-operation Programme for period 2018-2019.

HCM City’s Food Safety Management Board, the first of its kind in the country, saw significant progress in its first 10 months of operation, according to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long.

The National Assembly and the Supreme People’s Court should guide implementation of new laws and the Government should provide more funding for courts at all levels to use IT in their daily working to improve their efficiency, delegates told an annual review meeting of the Supreme People’s Court and HCM City Court yesterday.

People living in HCM City are suffering from photochemical smog, a kind of air pollution that’s harmful to human health.

The Forest Protection Department in southernmost Cà Mau Province said yesterday that border soldiers had found 114 pangolins being illegally transported in a vessel in Ô Rô Channel.

The Chinese Consulate in Việt Nam today announced a specialised desk for receiving visa applications of Vietnamese citizens to China starting January 24 to 26.

Some 72 per cent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 per cent), and ranking behind Cambodia (81 per cent).

Biên Hoà Airbase Area in the southern province of Đồng Nai will be the next dioxin hot spot to be remediated.

The Ministry of Construction yesterday in HCM City said its adjusted construction master plan for the HCM City Zone to 2030 with a vision to 2050 had been approved by the Government last month.

The number of out-of-school children aged from five to 14 has fallen significantly, particularly among five-year-old pre-primary children.

 HCM City’s Blood Bank, Blood Donation Centre of HCM City and hospitals have organised blood donation programmes throughout the city for Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday to prepare for a possible shortage as more accidents occur during the period.

EDoctor Joint Stock Company and Hòa Hảo Medical Diagnosis Centre on January 23 signed a memorandum of understanding to use information technology in the medical sector to better meet demand for diagnosis and treatment.

Medical services at the grassroots level help save costs and ensure sustainability in healthcare. Healthcare at grassroots level has played a key role contributing to the improvement of medical service quality, said Deputy Health Minister Phạm Lê Tuấn.

HCM City’s District 6 is the first in the city to no longer have households under the poverty line, achieving the target three years ahead of schedule.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed to the Ministry of Transport to halt the collection of fee from drivers at airports.