Thủ Đức Hospital’s time-saving and accuracy-improving electronic medical records system has been recognized by the ASEAN CIO/CSO Awards 2017, and has become a model for other hospitals around the country.
The Health Department of Cần Thơ City officially broke ground for construction of a 500-bed oncology hospital, which will be the biggest and most modern facility in the Mekong Delta when completed yesterday.
The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to publicise the names of 13 slaughterhouses located within the Xuyên Á slaughterhouse complex in the city’s Củ Chi District for illegally injecting pigs with sedatives.
The Bình Dương Province Trade Union opened its first cultural and sports centre for workers in Thuận An town’s An Phú Ward on Tuesday (October 10).
Heavy downpours and flooding caused by a tropical depression over the past few days have wreaked havoc in central and northern localities, claiming the lives of at least 20 people. Five were injured and at least 12 others are missing, according to the National Committee for Search and Rescue.
A Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reporter was swept away on Wednesday while reporting at the scene on serious floods that hit the northern mountain province of Yên Bái’s Nghĩa Lộ town.
The capital city’s transport authority has announced alterations to traffic movement in the central area of Hoàn Kiếm around Đông Kinh-Nghĩa Thục Square.
Delay in the construction of a tunnel at the Điện Biên Phủ-Nguyễn Tri Phương intersection in the central Đà Nẵng City has worsened the traffic situation in the area during rush hour.
The highest number of cyber-attacks on Vietnamese websites originated from the United States and China.
At least four people have been hospitalised and thousands evacuated after ammonia gas (NH3) was found to be leaking at the Vĩnh Lộc gas filling station in HCM City’s Bình Chánh District, HCM City.
The Hòa Bình Reservoir under the Hòa Bình Hydro-power Company opened seven floodgates, after heavy rains caused a rapid rise in the water level.
The number of new dengue fever cases in Hà Nội continued to drop in the last few weeks, announced the city’s Department of Health on Monday.
Bình Dương Province authorities on October 9 fined Việt Hương 2 Industrial Park VNĐ1.96 billion (US$86,300) for discharging untreated wastewater into the Sài Gòn River.
The capital city has proposed a VNĐ1.5 trillion (US$66 million), two-year project that will upgrade roads and divide traffic flow at the Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Expressway and Ring Road No 3 intersection.
When an emergency aid station received a call last year about a woman in a life-threatening situation in HCM City, an ambulance was sent to her home where she was assessed by doctors and later taken to a hospital.
The public, especially pregnant women, should take the initiative to ward off mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and Zika since current weather conditions in many provinces and cities are ideal for mosquitoes to breed, health experts said.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) collaborated with Phú Thọ Province Department of Health to hold Yên Lập District Medical Centre’s Family Medicine Scheme Accession Ceremony and the signing ceremony of the centre with four central hospitals on Monday.
Illegal road blocks, failure to follow safety mining procedures and disregard of public safety are among the violations of a mining company operating at Mường Áng District of the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên.
An eye doctor from central Huế City was honoured last month as an Eye Health Hero for his dedication in restoring the sight of hundreds of visually impaired children.
The first domesticated elephant in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk to become pregnant in 20 years delivered a stillborncalf last October 8, the Elephant Conservation Centre has reported.
