City seeks more funding sources for infrastructure projects

An additional VNĐ20 trillion (US$883 million) needed for infrastructure projects by 2020 will have to come from the city budget as well as from private sources, as disbursement of state budget funds remains slow, the deputy chairman of the city’s People’s Committee, Trần Vĩnh Tuyến, has said.

Landlord helps needy people with super cheap rooms in HN

 A row of cheap rooms for rent run by Nguyễn Thế Hiệp, 70, in Hà Nội’s Đê La Thành Street, near the National Hospital of Pediatrics, has become the second home for dozens of relatives of children that treated in the hospital for a decade.

Plan for management of antibiotic use in farming

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday launched the Việt Nam National Action Plan for management of antibiotic use and control of antibiotic resistance in livestock production and aquaculture 2017-2020.

VN-US diabetes programme enters 2nd phase

The Vietnamese Association of Diabetes and Endocrinology and the American Diabetes Association have kicked off phase two of an international specialised education programme in diabetes, or iSTEP-D.

PM urges ’drastic’ measures to ensure growth target

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc discussed various issues while chairing the Government’s regular meeting for July in Hà Nội on Thursday, asking officials to take measures to ensure their sectors and agencies reach this year’s growth targets.

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