Việt Nam News

A group of 46 tourists including four children from Laos who suffered from food poisoning in Đà Nẵng was healthy released yesterday after two days treatment at the Hoàn Mỹ-Đà Nẵng hospital.

HCM City plans to put over 1,000 new buses into service by 2020, according to the city’s Department of Transport. 

Locals living near the Formosa plant in central Hà Tĩnh Province stated that the Taiwanese company is encroaching upon the sea to build a solid waste storage dock. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, however, said the construction is under an approved master plan.

The Ministry of Health on Monday asked hospitals in the city to work all weekends for timely discovery and treatment of dengue fever patients.

Inmates aged between 10 and 20 living in HCM City’s shelters and disadvantaged children taking part in welfare projects were taught how to protect themselves from sexual abuse in a contest held on Sunday.

Police from Quảng Yên District in the northern province of Quảng Ninh said a barge carrying over 1,000 tonnes of coal sank on Sunday afternoon.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy announced it has indicted Châu Thị Thu Nga, former National Assembly deputy, and nine accomplices for their role in a VNĐ377 billion (US$16.8 million) property scam.

The central province of Quảng Nam has approved a traffic project connecting the National Highway No 1A to Tam Tiến commune in Núi Thành district in easing travelling time and accidents for local residents when crossing rivers.

Doctors from Long Khánh Town General Hospital successfully operated on and reconnected the left arm of a 22-year-old man after it was almost entirely cut off by a power saw.

Six Vietnamese workers were killed when an oxygen tank exploded at the construction site of a hydropower plant in Laos’ Bolikhamsai Province, a Vietnamese border army chief confirmed on Saturday.

Police in the southern province of Bình Dương have asked the provincial People’s Procuracy to prosecute Trần Thị Lệ Thu for faking land use right certificates in order to obtain fraudulent loans.

Some 2,000 bookcases will be delivered this year to classrooms in rural and mountainous areas in the central province of Thanh Hóa to help improve the reading habits of students.

Cao Thị Ngần, a Vietnamese mother, has agreed to donate her son’s organs with the hope of saving the lives of not only one but six others.

The turmeric growing area of Gio An Commune in the central province of Quảng Trị is a vast area with lush green plants and rich red-brown soil.

Việt Nam’s delegation to the International Biology Olympiad 2017 won one gold medal and two silver medals, the highest result ever.

Child sexual abuse has been on the rise across the country, with most incidents remaining unreported, police have said.

The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalised patients in Việt Nam remains high, ranging from 20-50 per cent as many hospitals fail to pay appropriate attention to ensure nutrition for inpatients, health officials said.

Setting targets for prevention, diagnosis and treatment and monitoring their progress are imperative as the number of hepatitis patients in Việt Nam who receive treatment is too low, according to experts.