Việt Nam News

Physical education is considered as important as academic education, but the role of physical education is limited in many schools, showing the need for more investment in infrastructure and manpower in the field.

The low-cost hotel newly opened by the National Cancer Hospital at its branch in Tân Triều Commune, Thanh Trì District much helps relieve burdens of patients and their family members during their stay for treatment at the hospital.

The salt price in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu has increased two to three times compared to last year, according to local farmers.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has set itself a target of producing 63,000 tonnes of prawn and shrimp on brackish-water farms this year.

The health ministry has asked Hà Nội and HCM City to expand specialised inspection on food safety to 100 per cent of its districts and communes after successful trial implementation of this model.

Overloaded vehicles are once again being spotted on roads and highways across the country, despite the Government crackdown.

The city’s market management force on Thursday seized 1,000 litres of unknown origin home-made alcohol at a local private shop.

Many pavements in Hà Nội have been cleared on the first day of a campaign to curb encroachment on sidewalks, authorised agencies have said.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged the Central Highlands region to develop into a prosperous area by promoting its biodiversity, cultural values and organic agriculture.

The Ministry of Health has announced the establishment of the National Centralised Drug Procurement Centre (NCDPC) at a ceremony on Friday in Hà Nội.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has been conferred the honourary title of visiting professor by the University of Oxford for a second term, from 2016 to 2021.

The Transport Ministry has informed the Prime Minister that a more thorough review of all bus and coach routes in the capital city will be carried out to balance supply and demand.

Four men, suspected to be part of a larger crime ring, were caught red-handed by the criminal police siphoning gasoline from a tanker in HCM City on Thursday.

Quảng Ninh Province plans to close down all traditional lime kilns by 2018, Vũ Văn Diện, deputy chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said.

The death penalty was submitted on Thursday by the People’s Procuracy of Hòa Bình Province against 11 defendants for “illegally trading and storing drugs” as part of a massive trans-national heroin trafficking operation.

Erosion have taken over 300m of Mỹ Khê beach on Võ Nguyên Giáp street in Sơn Trà peninsula since it blew off 100m of beach earlier this year.

Forest data management and investment promotion were among the topics on the agenda of a seminar held in HCM City Wednesday with Finnish assistance.

Over 60 Vietnamese entrepreneurs have convened in HCM City to hear about the benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies that integrate zero-tolerance towards threatened wildlife consumption.