Nguyễn Văn Đức, a volunteer with a dengue-fever prevention team in District 12’s Hiệp Thành Ward, takes a walk around his residential quarter three times a week with a handheld loudspeaker, calling on residents to throw away containers that could be breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
Consuming magic mushrooms has emerged as the latest trend among Vietnamese youth who are into mind-altering substances. Many people are worried about the impacts this trend could have on the youth.
The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) has sent supplies worth US$230,000 to flood-hit localities in the northern mountainous region of Việt Nam.
Only around 10 per cent of patients infected with hepatitis C can afford treatment costs because the medications are expensive and not covered by medical insurance, according to a recent survey by the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
A taxi driver in Đà Nẵng has been fired after a tourist reported being overcharged for a short trip in the city last week.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed an order designed to encourage power savings and ensure national power security, environmental protection and sustainable development.
At the end of July, there were 65 high-rise apartment buildings that failed to observe fire safety regulations regarding their construction, according to the city’s Department of Fire Prevention and Fighting.
The local administration has a problem on its hands as nearly 450 cows in Ia Sao Commune, Ayun Pa Town, in Central Highlands' Gia Lai Province, have contracted foot-and-mouth disease.
A walk to honour families of Agent Orange victims and poor disabled people who have managed to overcome their difficulties was organised on August 5 at the Đầm Sen Cultural Park in HCM City to mark the Day for AO/Dioxin Victims, August 10.
The regional minimum wage for 2018 is expected to increase by 6.5 per cent, equal to VNĐ180,000-230,000 (US$8-10) a month, believed to be the lowest increase ever.
Nearly 80 professors, scientists and researchers from 17 countries gathered at an international conference themed “Star formation in different environments” that opened at the International Centre of Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhơn City, the central province of Bình Định, yesterday.
It is time for most of people to come back home to reunite with family members and have a rest after a long working day as night came on. But it is not for Hồ Tuấn Sang.
Twenty six people were killed and five others were missing as floods occurred in the northern region of the country.
A number of dorms at universities in HCM City have set up programmes to offer free or low-cost dormitory rooms for eligible students.
To ensure traffic safety during ASEAN’s 50 anniversary celebration being marked today, (August 8), HCM City has announced a vehicle ban on certain downtown streets.
The People’s Court of Mỹ Đức District, Hà Nội, today opened the first instance trial on law violations regarding land management in the district’s Đồng Tâm Commune.
Vietnamese and South Korean scientists have succeeded in clearing dioxin residue in soil using microbiologic technology, bringing significant hope for those areas contaminated with the toxin compound around Việt Nam.
The Trung Lao Church in Trung Đông Commune, in the Northern Province of Nam Định was destroyed in a blaze on Saturday night.
The SP2 train, which runs from the northern mountainous Lào Cai Province to Hà Nội, derailed early on Monday at Hà Nội’s Yên Viên station, but there were no casualties.
The trial dioxin detoxification using microbial technology at A Sho airfield in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế, has generated optimistic outcomes.
