Việt Nam News

Tiền Giang Border Guards on Wednesday said they have seized a tug boat and a barge for transporting around 8,000 tonnes of coal dust without any required documents.

The 10th Xuân Hồng (Pink Spring) blood donation festival will take place at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Upgrading the water environment of Hoàn Kiếm (Sword) Lake is necessary and urgent work, Võ Tiến Hùng, general director of the Hà Nội Sewage and Drainage Co Ltd., said.

HCM City’s Transport Department proposed at a meeting on Wednesday solutions to traffic congestion, including proper traffic management, camera installation and higher traffic fines.

Japanese encephalitis cases account for around 10 per cent of 1,000 cases of viral encephalitis reported every year in Việt Nam.

A fire was reported inside a ship from Panama anchored at Cái Lân International Container Terminal in Quảng Ninh Province’s Hạ Long City on Tuesday night.

A sudden fall in temperatures in HCM City in the last few weeks have seen an increasing number of older adults diagnosed with acute pneumonia, doctors said.

Provinces and cities in the country are carrying out preventive methods against the spread of avian influenza, including the provision of vaccines.

The Ministry of Transport has selected the three best terminal designs for Long Thành International Airport to submit to the Government for approval.

Communicable diseases from around the world could enter Việt Nam and spread easily if the country does not improve prevention and control, said Trần Đắc Phu, director of the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department.

Abnormal weather late last year and earlier this year has caused losses for farmers in southern provinces of Đồng Nai and Bình Phước, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

Doctors at HCM City’s FV Hospital on Tuesday used a free fibular flap to reconstruct the lower jaw of a 61-year-old man with a necrotic mandible.

The Đồng Nai Province Sub-department of Animal Husbandry and Health and other agencies have raided and fined nine slaughterhouses a total of VNĐ75 million (US$3,400) so far this year for failing to obtain quarantine and hygiene certificates.

A foreign project to establish a higher education institution in Việt Nam must secure total investment funds of at least VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.5million), according to a draft decree on foreign investment in education newly issued by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

Practical and specific measures are needed instead of general and vague directions from authorities to ensure clean production and food safety.

Stand on just about any sidewalk in downtown HCM City and you can’t fail to see an oncoming stream of taxis, a welcome sight for passengers during rush hour and rainy days, but quite a nuisance for many others.