Việt Nam News

A pregnant woman reportedly died of a pulmonary embolism after her surgery last Friday in the central province of Quảng Trị, according to the provincial health department.

A Lào Cai province inspection team has begun an investigation into the death of dozens of hectares of pineapples during the past week.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến yesterday (March 20) urged inspectors from the central to grassroots levels to ensure that fines are handed out for violations of healthcare service regulations.

Hà Nội plans to build 100 safe food chains this year to ensure supplies of safe vegetables and meat for the capital and reach annual targets on food hygiene.

Incomplete data is among the issues hindering the application of information technology in health insurance, according to a report by the Ministry of Health’s Health Insurance Department.

More than 26,000 people receive regular dialysis treatment in the country, which helps prolong their life.  

Israel and Việt Nam signed an agreement yesterday on establishing a series of community centres based on an Israeli-developed model. The agreement was signed in the presence of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin who is on an official visit to Việt Nam.

Representatives from 18 grassroots human security projects signed contracts to receive grants from the Embassy of Japan in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Customs officers in the northern port city of Hải Phòng yesterday seized a container suspected of containing Khat leaves.

HCM City plans to open special street-food areas in District 1 as part of a pilot programme to move vendors to designated pavements, among other plans to improve the liveability of the city.

Forty Red Cross staffers from Việt Nam, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Laos are participating in a three-day training programme on Participatory Multi-disaster Risks Mapping, which began on Tuesday.

 People from Xuân Thu Commune in the outskirts of Hà Nội’s Sóc Sơn District are complaining that a large quantity of waste is dirtying and polluting their locality, the online newspaper Vietnamplus.vn reported.

The city police have busted a weapon trading ring in HCM City. The ring was involved in importing electric guns, scimitars, Japanese-style swords, and grenades from China and sold them online in Việt Nam.

Sài Gòn Water Corporation (Sawaco) has submitted a funding proposal to build underground water tanks that will replace seven unused water towers in HCM City.

The police from HCM City’s District 1 arrested Nguyễn Thanh Tú, 21, on Monday for allegedly abusing children.

The Information System, a company of the FPT Group, will supply information technology infrastructure (IT) for 16 hospitals in Đà Nẵng this year.

A 35-year-old worker died on Monday after a rock fell on his head while he was working in a quarry near Phụng Mountain in Tây Ninh Province’s Thạnh Tân Commune.

 The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017 will take place across the country at 7am on March 26, according to the Việt Nam National Administration of Sports.