A field hospital will be set up at the 175 Military Hospital in HCM City, possibly in July, to provide medical support in case of epidemics or disasters and to UN peacekeeping operations.
Three scientists have made Vietnamese science history, having their work published in one the most prestigious journal in the field of physics, Physical Review Letters, on January 9, an event said to be paving way for more pronounced presence of Vietnamese works in the international science community.
More than 50,000ha of protective and special-use forests in the south-eastern province of Tây Ninh face the risk of fire due to the prolonged hot, dry weather.
Five years after Đồng Nai Province began implementing a plan to relocate nearly 480 polluting production and other facilities out of urban and residential areas, most of the establishments remain in place.
Việt Nam’s doctors have for the first time successfully conducted a lung transplant from alive donor.
HCM City has given approval to Australia’s Trisun Green Energy Corporation to build a plasma gasification waste treatment plant, according to People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Thành Phong.
Sixteen accused in a cheating case involving a gas station at 436 Trần Khát Chân Street were given various levels of punishments, from administrative fines to prison sentences.
As many as 100 Japanese cherry trees were planted in Nguyễn Văn Cừ Park, Bắc Ninh City of the northern province of Bắc Ninh on Wednesday.
Although no H7N9 avian flu infections have been reported in poultry or humans yet, the likelihood of outbreaks in Việt Nam is high, senior officials said on Tuesday.
A strong cold wave is travelling from China to Việt Nam's northern region and will lead to the temperature dropping by 10 degrees Celsius, the National Hydro‑Meteorological Service has said.
A driver of a container truck and his assistant were rescued from inside the cabin after their truck overturned at Lò Xo Pass in Kon Tum Province.
At least two people were killed and 12 others injured after the sleeper bus they were travelling in suddenly exploded on Tuesday night in northern Bắc Ninh Province.
HCM City continues to seek permission from the National Assembly Standing Committee to retain a bigger share of its revenues and pile up more debts.
Vietnamese women who are unable to breast-feed their children for health reasons are increasingly using donated breast milk from other women, sparking warnings from physicians.
Unseasonable weather in southwestern provinces during the dry season has led to an increase in cases of diarrhoea, dengue fever, and hand, foot and mouth disease, all of which usually occur during the rainy season, according to health experts.
The HCM City’s People Committee has assigned the Department of Transport to manage and conduct research on and manage the planned expansion of a section of National Highway No 50.
The central city of Da nang, in co-operation with the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA), will start building a seafood value chain in the city with a fund of 60 million Japanese yen (around VNĐ11 billion or US$528,000).
The Ministry of National Defence yesterday handed over 21 hectares of land to the Ministry of Transport to expand the overloaded Tân Sơn Nhất airport, the largest airport in HCM City.