Việt Nam News

Up to 2,000 households with 7,800 residents in Văn Đức Commune of Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District do not have access to clean water following the Health Ministry’s standards.

The Hà Nội People’s Court yesterday decided to give back the economic crime cases at Ocean Bank to the People’s Supreme Procuracy for further investigation after eight days of hearing.

Severe violations have been uncovered at 13 coal mining projects in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment reported.

This year’s Assistance Programme for Workers was launched last Saturday (March 4) to provide free employment information for people who are seeking jobs in HCM City and other provinces, including Quảng Bình, Quảng Nam, Cần Thơ, Tiền Giang, and Đắk Nông.

Last year, a couple was killed and their daughter injured after a truck hit their motorbike on Highway 51 in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s Tân Thành District, which has the highest rate of fatalities in the province.

A five-year-old boy from HCM City’s District 10 died recently from choking on jelly cubes, sold in Việt Nam in small plastic containers with a peel-off top.

An increase in the number of serious methanol poisoning cases reported in Hà Nội in the past several days has raised concerns among the city’s many drinkers and health authorities.

The Health Department of Hà Nội has launched two hotlines to help prevent the spread of avian flu to humans.

Electronic toll collection (ETC) will be introduced at three toll stations in the central provinces of Việt Nam from this May.

Central Thanh Hóa Province People’s Committee on Wednesday asked relevant agencies to review and inspect the promotion of a Construction Department official.

The People’s Court of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on Tuesday sentenced a Cambodian national to 25-years in prison for murder and the illegal storage and use of a military weapon.

The People’s Committee of northern Quảng Ninh province's Hạ Long City has suspended operations of six tourist cruise boats in Hạ Long and Bái Tử Long bays.

More than two million households in disadvantaged areas across Việt Nam have received loans from the Việt Nam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) over the last decade, according to a new report.

Ten fishermen from central Đà Nẵng City were rescued and taken home safely on Wednesday morning after their boat broke down at sea on Tuesday evening.

The individual prize at the Kovalevskaya Awards 2016 went to Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Kim Phi Phụng, a lecturer from the University of Natural Sciences under the Vietnam National University in HCM City.

A 70-year-old Japanese tourist was admitted to Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City on Lunar New Year’s Eve with a sudden onset of severe chest pain.

 The rate of children suffering from gastric disease is growing due to schooling pressure and inappropriate food, health experts have said.

Quite a few Vietnamese companies are taking advantage of sand dredging privileges authorised by the Government to rake in huge illegal profits, according to an expose by the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper.