Việt Nam News

Bắc Giang People’s Procuracy yesterday freed Hàn Đức Long, 57, who was earlier sentenced to death for murder and raping children 11 years ago.

While thousands of locals await clean water, a nearly-complete water supply project in central Quảng Trị Province has been delayed for over a year due to the lack of funding.

A joint programme on managing and organising physical training and sports activities at schools in the period 2016-20 was signed yesterday by two ministries.

Officials from Khánh Hòa Province’s Health Department said the province has decided to invest nearly VNĐ260 billion (US$11.5 million) to develop a health system for the island districts in the province from 2017.

The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health yesterday issued a warning of disease outbreaks due to prolonged flooding in central provinces.

The Department of Preventive Medicine in Ho Chi Minh City said that Zika virus infection cases escalated to an average of 10 cases per week in the city. As of yesterday, the city has recorded 141 cases in 23 districts.

The Ministry of Health has given the green light to E Hospital in Hà Nội to open four hi-tech centres to meet patient demand.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình extended his Christmas wishes to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers in HCM City yesterday.

Rescue forces successfully remove the bodies of two people out of a landslide, which buried 10 houses in Nha Trang City.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment for official development assistance funds to build its metro line No 3A from Bến Thành Market in District 1 to Bình Chánh District’s Tân Kiên Commune.

Hà Nội Department of Health has sent doctors, nurses and medical workers from central level hospitals to district level ones to help transfer advanced professional techniques.

Three women have been arrested for illegally selling value-added tax (VAT) invoices which were estimated at more than VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.4 million), according to the Hà Nội police.

Việt Nam will open its first ever astronomical observatory in Nha Trang next March, according to the Viêt Nam National Satellite Centre (VNSC).

Physically challenged women face a lot of obstacles while looking for jobs, from companies and from other women too, said experts at a discussion held in Hà Nội today.

Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) has launched a humanitarian campaign to help the poor and Agent Orange (AO) victims prepare for the upcoming traditional Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.

The Hà Nội Police recently discovered different cases of goods trafficking, involving a significant amount of money, to the capital.

The Hòa Bình People’s Court yesterday sentenced Hà Văn Quân, 40, to life imprisonment for trading and transporting heroin.