Việt Nam News

Northern Hưng Yên Province’s Department of Health has proposed to impose a VNĐ110 million (US$440) fine on a local private health clinic.

Resident living near the Nam Sơn dump, the largest in Hà Nội City, have stopped blocking trucks from carrying garbage to the dump in protest against the heavy pollution.

 A cosmetic surgery clinic in HCM City was forced to temporarily cease operations after an American man died during a cosmetic surgery.

Search and rescue forces on Thursday morning found one more body of members of a coal ship that went missing offshore central Nghệ An Province on Sunday night with 13 people on board.

Intelligent bins are coming to Đà Nẵng City, thanks to Japanese tire producer Bridgestone Việt Nam’s smart dust bin project.

Dengue fever cases have dramatically increased in the last two weeks in northern Việt Nam.

Lê Duy Minh, Deputy Director of HCM City Department of Taxation, announced on Wednesday that the department will stamp seals at all gas station in the city in order to prevent tax loss and fraud.

Tủa Chùa District, a remote and disadvantaged district in the northern mountains, used to be known as the land of opium trees. Thanks to efforts of local patriarchs through the "Peaceful family" model, villagers have replaced opium trees with other crops.

In a video clip that immediately sparked public outrage after being posted on Facebook late on Monday, a young woman was seen yelling, cursing and trying to physically attack a traffic police officer in the middle of a heavily-congested street in HCM City.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta have run out of sand for construction at a time when many key infrastructure works are in progress.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc called on the the young people of Bến Tre Province in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta to continue pursuing entrepreneurship to better contribute to the development of the country, society and themselves.

A paraglider was rescued on Wednesday after making an emergency landing in Đà Sơn forest in Liên Chiểu district, 20km north of central Đà Nẵng.

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A research team from the HCM City University Medical Centre won the award for the best laparoscopic liver surgery video at the 1^st World Congress of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society held in Paris earlier this month.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said a shortage of oxygen was responsible for the recent mass fish deaths in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Kon Tum.

A leadership sports and education programme, the first of its kind in Việt Nam to train lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth and children living and/or affected with HIV/AIDS in the lifelong skills of leadership, wellness, mentoring and teamwork, was launched this morning.

The Japan International Co-operation Agency yesterday signed an agreement with the Government of Việt Nam to provide loans of up to 24.2 billion yen (US$216 million) for a water management project in the southern region.

An intensive training class opened on Tuesday at the Hà Nội Medical University for doctors who will be sent to disadvantaged areas to work under a pilot project of the Ministry of Health.