VN tourism needs better climate plan

Việt Nam needs new, radical, coherent policies and green business practices linking tourism with environmental protection and climate action, heard participants at a conference yesterday over sustainable tourism and climate change.

Hà Nội stops sale of Neo-Tergynan

Hà Nội Health Department has asked local health services centres to suspend the selling and prescribing of Neo-Tergynan for gynaecological problems, fearing fake drugs.

Hà Nội to plant trees in key avenue

Hà Nội will plant 45,000 trees along Thăng Long Avenue, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung said at a meeting with voters in Hoàn Kiếm District yesterday. 

Focus on national citizen database

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked for intensified efforts to accelerate the establishment of a national population database which was approved by the Prime Minister nearly one year ago.

Mekong Delta faces urgent lack of doctors

The Mekong Delta region faces a severe shortage of medical specialists in five specialised departments of tuberculosis, leprosy, mental diseases, anatomical pathology and forensic medicine, heard participants at a conference earlier this week.

Hà Nội stops plant care, saves $31m

Hà Nội administration has decided to stop spending its budget on trimming grass and flowers across the city, excluding several flower gardens around Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

Lack of oxygen caused fish deaths

Lack of oxygen has been blamed for causing the death of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) fish in six farms in the Bến Do area of north-eastern Quảng Ninh Province’s Cẩm Phả City between August 9 and 15.

Reservoirs unsafe rainy season

Sixteen irrigation reservoirs in northern Phú Thọ Province have been discovered to show signs of cracking, subsiding and leaking water, failing to meet standards on safety during the rainy reason.

Doctors, nurses sing for the supper of the poor

Heavy rains did not prevent both professional and amateur singers from attending the first Đêm Nhạc Blouse Trắng (White Blouse Music Night) at a HCM City coffee shop to raise funds for meals for poor patients and their caregivers.

Floor caves in at Hà Nội apartment building

Many residents in Block N5 of Đồng Tàu apartment building in Hà Nội’s Thịnh Liệt Ward are concerned about their safety after the lobby floor partially caved in last week.

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