Việt Nam News

Police in the central province of Ninh Thuận said that they launched an official investigation into the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Ninh Hải District.

Models of social assistance need to be diversified and require comprehensive collaboration between the State, society and citizens, a Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) official said.

Two middle aged women died and another was left injured early Tuesday morning after being hit by a speeding rescue vehicle.

Workers were seen working at a site in Central Highlands' Đà Lạt City on Monday even though construction was suspended.

The Transport Department in the Central Highland province of Lâm Đồng reported 200 degraded bridges across the province, threatening the safety of users.

HIV/AIDS prevention is the key mission of Việt Nam’s public health sector. Now, the country’s efforts to fight the disease are running into financial obstacles as aid from international organisations—the key funding source for HIV/AIDS prevention—runs out.

Eighteen outstanding artisans in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province have been honoured for their technical inventions that helped ease work in various production fields.

Fatal electrical accidents have been increasing at an alarming rate at shrimp ponds and crop fields in the Mekong Delta recently.

A series of resettlement houses in Hà Nội remain partially empty as their intended residents have not moved in, wasting State resources, Kinh Tế Đô Thị (Urban Economics) newspaper reported.

Quảng Ninh Province stopped recruiting teachers in March as it undertakes a restructuring of the education sector. But the number of students has kept increasing, creating new burdens for local schools.

The Ministry of Transport plans to seek approval for funding from the South Korean government for a portion of Belt Road 3 from Tân Vạn District to Nhơn Trạch District in Đồng Nai Province, according to the Ministry of Transport.

As people in flood-hit provinces struggle to piece together severely disrupted lives, local authorities are calling out for urgent help to deal with major damage suffered by dykes, irrigation works and other constructions.

Former VN Pharma chairman of the Board of Directors-cum-general director Nguyễn Minh Hùng and former director of H&C International Marine Trade Company Võ Mạnh Cường on Monday afternoon received temporary arrest warrants issued by the Judicial Council during their trial relating to their involvement in VN Pharma’s fraudulent cancer drug import. 

The Helmets for Kids programme yesterday (October 23) expanded its road safety education efforts to the northern province of Yên Bái and donated 1,500 high-quality helmets to the school community.

FrieslandCampina Vietnam donated more than 17,500 glasses of milk and essential items last week to children and families affected by floods in the northern province of Yên Bái and Hà Nội.

Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City on Monday used a robot-assisted system to perform complex minimally-invasive surgery. This is the third hospital in Việt Nam that has applied the most advanced medical technology.

Three crew members of a barge that sank in the waters off Bạch Lọng Vĩ Island near the port city of Hải Phòng last Saturday were rescued and taken to the Cát Bà Border Guard Station safely on Monday morning.

Trucks, tipper lorries and lorries with trailers will not be allowed on certain roads in central Đà Nẵng City for the duration of the APEC meetings in November.