Việt Nam News

A flood prevention project on HCM City’s Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh Street, which is frequently flooded by heavy rains and rising tides, will upgrade the drainage systems and install a pump station.

Officials and experts have called on the HCM City People’s Committee to adopt smart traffic systems to reduce the congestion around Cát Lái Port in District 2.

 Cage fishing farmers on the Bồ River of the central province are distraught over unexplained mass fish death, causing great economic losses.

Certain local authorities have not paid due attention to curbing overweight trucks in their jurisdiction, leading to rampant violations and elevated accident risks, the Việt Nam Road Administration, under the Ministry of Transport (MoT), said.

The Traffic Police Department in cooperation with the Waterway Police and Hải Phòng City’s Police yesterday seized two illegal sand exploitation vessels in Cấm River in Hải Phòng City’s An Dương District.

Residents of Điện Bàn Township in Quảng Nam Province have set up protest camps outside Việt Pháp Steel Factory, objecting to the pollution it is causing, online newspaper Dân Trí reported.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines has asked all its passengers to do check-in procedures two hours before the departure time of their domestic flights at the Nội Bài International Airport.

The Government has green lighted the 1,000-bed Tiền Giang General Hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Mỹ Tho.

The Cần Thơ City People’s Committee in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will launch a programme later this month to help farmers increase sales of their unsold products.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has decided to establish a State Appraisal Council to appraise the first phase of HCM City’s metro line No 5 between Sài Gòn Bridge in Bình Thạnh District and District 8 and report to the Government.

A bridge will be built to replace the Châu Giang Ferry now being used on the Hậu River in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Public hospitals in HCM City which do not receive city funds for regular expenditures will increase fees for non-insured patients by 30 per cent from August 1, according to the city’s Department of Health.

The Ministry of Health has instructed health departments nationwide to strictly inspect private health clinics to ensure they are offering safe and high quality treatment.

HCM City authorities are considering ways to expand Tân Sơn Nhất airport, including building more passenger terminals and speeding up approved expansion projects on military land.

Medical equipment and machinery used in hospitals across Việt Nam require significant upgrades, and the management for these expensive devices is currently lacking.

Youth volunteers help clean an open sewage canal in An Hòa Commune, Rạch Giá District in the southern province of Kiên Giang as part of a summer campaign.

Doctors at Trưng Vương Hospital performed their first endovascular intervention on a patient with renal infarct, a rare condition with nonspecific symptoms.

The implementation of regulations related to food advertisement has improved, but managing advertising on social networks like Facebook and YouTube has faced a number of difficulties.