Việt Nam News

A third-year student of the HCM City Open University, Trần Thị Mỹ Linh has done several part-time jobs while pursuing her degree in tourism administration.

Two more construction projects in coastal Sơn Trà and Ngũ Hành Sơn districts of Da Nang have been found discharging untreated wastewater into the city’s household sewage system. 

The People's Committee of Tây Hồ (West Lake) District of Hà Nội City has reacted to the recent rumour related to filling up the West Lake for building hotels.

A representative of the Việt Nam Road Administration (VNRA) on Monday worked with the Transportation Department of Mekong Delta’s Tiền Giang Province on the problem related to the local Cai Lậy toll station.

The People’s Committee of Hà Tĩnh central province has decided to withdraw the licence for an iron exploitation project that is yet to be implemented after nine years.

Thousands of volunteers marched in HCM City yesterday to mark the 11th Volunteers Day, calling for more funding from the community to support poor students in the city.

Việt Nam News reporter Hoàng Anh talks to Chuck Searcy, Vice President of Project RENEW and Co-chair of the Agent Orange Working Group.

Auricular acupuncture is a good option for the treatment of smoking addiction as Việt Nam every year has more than 30,000 people die due to diseases caused by smoking, Asso.Prof Nguyễn Thị Tân, dean of Faculty of Traditional Medicine at Huế University of Medicine and Pharmacy, told Việt Nam News.

Phạm Thị Hường (not her real name) from the Mekong Delta Province of Kiên Giang decided to take her four-year-old son to a hospital in HCM City after she noticed him blinking all the time, displaying facial twitching and experiencing occasional nausea.

The HCM City Border Guard Force’s Headquarters and HCM City Department of Customs have worked together to uncover 48 cases and 104 poeple suspected of smuggling illegal goods via border lines, confiscating over VNĐ50 billion (US$2.2 million) worth of items since 2012.

HCM City’s Department of Tourism has proposed the Government extend its visa exemption policy for international tourists from nine countries to 30 days from 15 days to promote tourism development to help reach the target of 10-11 million international tourists in 2020.

The General Department of Preventive Medicine has instructed health officials in provinces and cities nationwide to co-operate with education departments to strengthen cleanliness at schools to prevent outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease and dengue fever.

The third open mathematics festival was launched yesterday at the Hà Nội University of Technology by the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.

The Australian Embassy will tomorrow (15 Aug) begin accepting applications for its Direct Aid Programme (DAP) grant round 2017-18 for projects in northern Việt Nam which covers provinces north of, and including, the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế.

A five-year-old girl died while her parents were slightly injured in a landslide at 5am yesterday in Nà Vài Village, Lãng Ngâm Commune, Ngân Sơn District in the northern province of Bắc Kạn.

As a central hospital, Chợ Rẫy Hospital needs to boost co-operation with provincial- and district-level hospitals to reduce its constant overcrowding, Lương Ngọc Khuê, head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, said.

The HCM City People’s Committee has scrapped construction permits for individual houses on a trial basis in residential areas where the 1/500 scale detailed planning is complete.

Lâm Đồng Province has petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to grant funds for repairing 28 reservoirs that threaten production and livelihoods of local residents.