Việt Nam News

Installing speed bumps and increasing the number of guards at rail crossings are among measures proposed at a meeting held on Monday to find ways to reduce the number of railway accidents.

The National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health under the Health Ministry has conducted a health examination on Vietnamese people who are highly exposed to lead.

Chunks of bark were found to have been carved out of 40 xà cừ trees on Láng Road in Hà Nội’s Đống Đa District on Tuesday.

The chairman of central Bình Định Province’s People’s Committee has approved construction of some 670 houses for citizens in areas affected by the major floods that occurred last year.

Coach operators who are not following changes in the bus routes as instructed by the Hà Nội’s transport authority would be forced to halt operations for a month.

Two fires broke out in HCM City and another one in southern Bình Phước Province on Tuesday morning, leading to property damages, but no fatalities were reported.

The Government has asked the Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) to conduct research to issue electronic health insurance cards to citizens.

A cold spell is forecast to hit the northern region from Wednesday night, bringing the average temperature down to around 13-16 degrees Celsius.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ will provide public bicycle rental services on a pilot basis this year, Lê Tiến Dũng, deputy director of the city’s Transport Department, said last Sunday (Feb 5).

Authorities have proposed an expansion plan for HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport that will enable it to handle 45 million passengers a year.

Holding a board symbolising lucky money for the new year, Đặng Thị Thu Thảo smiles brilliantly, saying that it was the 16^th year she had been given lucky money for the New Year by the company she's working for.

HCM City Party Secretary Đinh La Thăng has urged local authorities to consider implementing a social housing policy that has helped attract more investors in Bình Dương Province.  

Hà Nội aims to reduce the number of poor households by 10,230 this year, a decrease of 0.6 per cent of last year’s total, and support at least 99 per cent of children in extremely disadvantaged circumstances.

Investigative police of Hà Nội’s Chương Mỹ District have begun criminal proceedings after an old war invalid was beaten after a traffic collision.

Doctors of HCM City-based Paediatrics Hospital No.1 successfully saved the life of a two-day-old infant by removing a giant hematoma from his body.

Bình Thuận District’s Hàm Cần Commune has got a new kindergarten under the One Milk Box-One Brick programme by Dutch dairy firm FrieslandCampina Việt Nam’s Dutch Lady brand.

A 53-year-old Australian tourist was found dead in the waters of Hạ Long Bay in northern Quảng Ninh Province on Monday.

Commuters in Hà Nội have to pay to use the bus rapid transit (BRT) service from Monday, after enjoying free rides for more than a month.