Việt Nam News

The Drug Administration of Việt Nam under the Ministry of Health has requested a halt to purchases and use of three batches of Human Albumin 20% due to concerns over Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

The Việt Nam Social Security agency said it would continue to strengthen ties with other organisations in countries and territories to establish a more modern and efficient social security system.

 Border guards in the northern province of Quảng Ninh reported they have repeatedly detained people for smuggling fish from China.

Highly skilled doctors in Việt Nam using advanced prostheses and techniques have improved the quality and success rate of hip replacement surgery to a level as high as that of other countries.

A man from Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District has been suspended from air travel for nine months after threatening aviation security staff with using a mine.

The worsening erosion at Hội An City’s Cửa Đại Beach took central stage at the 5^th Vietnam-Japan workshop on estuaries, coasts and rivers held on Monday and Tuesday in the historic town. The gathering attracted 150 scientists and managers, including 30 specialists from universities in Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Republic of Korea, local media reported.

The number of unemployed university graduates grew sharply in the second quarter of 2017, while the country’s unemployment rate declined slightly compared with the previous quarter, according to data of the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security said on Monday it has issued an arrest warrant for three suspects on charges of appropriating property illegally at OceanBank’s Hải Phòng branch.

The Supreme People's Procuracy has decided to prosecute three women for the illegal transportation of drugs.

Nearly 200 households in northern Ninh Bình Province have been in serious danger of landslides and flash floods for years, with resettlement funds yet to materialise.

Districts in Hà Nội are successfully managing billboard advertisements that can render urban areas unsightly, officials have said.

About 8,300 households with more than 31,000 individuals in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An’s Cần Giuộc District have begun to get tap water from HCM City under its programme to provide water to neighbouring provinces.

Two Korean Navy ships – Kang Gam Chan and Hwacheon – with 633 crew members began a three-day visit to the city yesterday.

At the beginning of this school year, teachers and students at Phan Ngọc Nhân Primary School in the central province of Quảng Nam were very curious about the used shipping container that had materialised in their school yard over the summer break.

Trạm Tấu District, one of the poorest in the country, has over ten makeshift schools that face great challenges. Of these, the Tà Lù Đằng kindergarten encounters perhaps the most significant obstacles to success.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) conducted a surprise inspection of the educational establishments in four cities and provinces to review the collection of tuition fees this academic year.

Việt Nam aims to improve road infrastructure to ensure traffic safety and reduce traffic congestion and the number of accidents, an official said at a meeting held yesterday in HCM City.

The Doksuri storm swept through the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình in just a few hours on Friday morning, but the impacts will last a lot longer than local residents expected.