Việt Nam News

Doctors at Thủ Đức District Hospital on Tuesday in HCM City performed the country’s first open heart surgery at a district-level hospital.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked all ministries, sectors and localities to work harder to fight smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods during the coming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

IBM and Five9 on Tuesday announced their partnership to implement IBM Watson for Oncology – the first artificial intelligence (AI)-driven oncology clinical decision support system that helps doctors advance cancer care for patients – in Việt Nam.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the Ministry of Public Security to examine and prevent the online trading of weapons, which is threatening national security and social security.

New technology is vital for an integrated animal husbandry industry, which has a great impact on the economy and environment, a seminar on the export of high-tech animal breeding products by south-eastern provinces has heard in Bình Phước Province.

The trial use of online visas for the last 10 months has been deemed a success, with the number of visitors applying increasing month by month, the Department of Immigration said yesterday.

Livestock farmers should join production links with co-operatives as well as processing and trading enterprises to sustain their livelihoods, experts said at a conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

People should buy food from supermarkets, malls or reputed shops to ensure food safety and hygiene, experts claim.

Caring for preemies is a nerve-wracking ordeal at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hà Nội.

Trigger-finger and trigger-thumb, the painful condition common in middle-aged women and people with diabetes, may occur in young people who overuse smartphones.

Only nine out of 25 provinces in the northern region have developed a green-growth strategy. Another two provinces are in the process of approving the innovations.

Vũng Tàu suffered a city-wide blackout for several hours yesterday after a fire broke out at a packaging producer on the city’s Võ Nguyên Giáp Street.

All stakeholders must join hands in creating a safe internet system that children can use effectively for their education and research purposes, a senior official said yesterday.

A cold spell continued strengthening in the northern region yesterday, according to the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Centre.

About 126,000 people have tuberculosis (TB) in Việt Nam, but fewer than 106,000 have received treatment, while the others are undetected and sometimes unaware of their status, said Director of the Hà Nội-based Central Lung Hospital Nguyễn Viết Nhung.

The first ever national centralised bidding for procurement of medicines held on Monday helped save over VNĐ477 billion ($21 million) for the State Budget.

Nearly 65,000 kindergarten and primary school students throughout the country have been taught about proper nutrition and physical activities through a programme undertaken by the Việt Nam Red Cross Society and FrieslandCampina Việt Nam.