Students thought to have dissociation disorder

Six primary school students exhibiting unusual behaviour were suspected to suffer from dissociation disorder, according to a report director of the Đắk Lắk Department of Health Doãn Hữu Long sent to the Ministry of Health last week.

More people join work force in Q3

Positive developments were seen in Việt Nam’s labour market in the third quarter of this year, the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs reported yesterday.

Airport terror plot trial begins

A court in HCM City yesterday began to hear the case of 15 people who allegedly plotted to use petrol bombs to blow up Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport as the country was preparing to celebrate Liberation Day, a national holiday which marks the liberation of the south on April 30, 1975.

Storm evacuees return home

People evacuated in the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng returned to their homes on Tuesday as Typhoon Tembin weakened into a less powerful tropical depression. 

Conference reviews media in 2017

The rapid growth of digital media, how traditional media can compete with social media and how the media can ensure its financial survival were among the main issues discussed at the annual national conference held yesterday in HCM City to review the media’s performance in 2017.

City continues to refurbish public bus fleet

The HCM City Department of Transport put 18 new compressed natural gas-fuelled (CNG) buses into service on December 25 in addition to 39 new diesel buses to replace old ones.

Doctors remove large, rare tumour from boy

Doctors at Paediatrics Hospital 1 and the Hospital for Traumatology and Orthopaedics in HCM City worked as a surgical team to remove a large noncancerous tumour from the ribcage of a 12-year-old boy from Phú Yên Province, saving him from permanent paralysis.


 

MoT calls for investments into eight PPP projects

The Ministry of Transportation (MoT), on Monday, announced eight public-private-partnership (PPP) investment projects under the build-operation-transfer (BOT) form on the Eastern North-South expressway for 2017-2020.

APG submarine cable damaged

The Asia-Pacific Getaway (APG) Submarine cable from Việt Nam to Singapore crashed, negatively affecting internet capacity of the Việt Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and other network operators.

Nation braces for Typhoon Tembin

More than 1.1 million people in 15 provinces and cities in the south have been relocated to safe places before Typhoon Tembin, which is forecast to land in the coastal area from Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu to Cà Mau provinces early morning today.

Illegal trucks increasing accidents in HCM City

HCM City residents are increasingly concerned about the number of heavy trucks, construction vehicles and container trucks entering the downtown area during peak hours, affecting the quality of living and worsening traffic jams.

Law to help school autonomy

An amended higher education law should create a clear legal environment for public universities to become autonomous, representatives of universities have urged.

VN needs more green urban development

Only 59 architectural works across the country have been recognised as achieving green standards of domestic and international organisations, including 45 works in the south, 11 in the north and three in the central region.

 

Clever life jacket wins HCM City contest

Seeing plastic bottles floating at sea, Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh Trâm and her two friends at Bình Mỹ Primary School in HCM City’s coastal district of Cần Giờ got the idea of using them to make a life jacket, and it won them the first prize in a contest called Sáng Kiến Cộng Đồng 2017 (Social Ideas).

Typhoon Tembin weakens to tropical low pressure

The National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre this morning reported that Typhoon Tembin, the 16th tropical storm over the East Sea this year, has weakened into a tropical depression in the south of Việt Nam.

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