Việt Nam News

Local authorities have been placed on full alert for typhoon Sarika, which keeps moving west at a speed of 15km per hour and is predicted to make landfall in northeastern Viet Nam at around 4pm today.

A worker at Hà Nội’s Cát Linh-Hà Đông Urban railway construction site died in hospital this morning after falling from a height of 5m onto the road on Sunday afternoon.

Four crewmen safely reached land in central Quảng Bình Province this morning after their cargo ship was washed away 100km away from the coast, local borderland security said.

American-style lottery game Mega 6/45 found a winner for the grand prize of VND92.03 billion (some USD$4.12 million) in its 39^th draw on Sunday (October 16).

A worker at Hà Nội’s Cát Linh-Hà Đông Urban railway work was hospitalised late yesterday afternoon after falling from a height of five metres on the road.

More than 2,500 workers of Matrix Vinh Ltd Company – a toy producer in Bắc Vinh Industrial Zone in central Nghệ An Province – ended their strike and resumed work this morning.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked central provincial authorities and relevant ministries to inspect water discharge from reservoirs in wake of the recent floods.

Việt Nam-Cuba Hospital in collaboration with Operation Smile Việt Nam launched the eponymous orthopaedic surgery programme yesterday to help children with congential hare-lip in the northern region.

An eight-year-old boy's body was discovered by a herdsman yesterday, 3km from where he went missing in the southern province of Bình Dương two days ago.

A helicopter with three people on board lost communication with its control centre after flying for 15 minutes this morning in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.

Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee President Nguyễn Thiện Nhân called on organisations and individuals at home and abroad to continue supporting the poor, especially those affected by natural calamities.

A fire occurred at a height of 30m, around the middle section of the television tower in northern Tuyên Quang Province yesterday afternoon. No casualties were reported.

An eight-year-old boy was missing as of late Monday afternoon following prolonged heavy rains, which flooded streets in the southeastern province of Bình Dương on Sunday.

The Zika virus has been discovered in a small sampling of Aedes mosquitos in the costal city of Nha Trang, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology reported.

Construction has started on the main road in the southern gateway of the city in Hoàng Mai District at a cost of VNĐ2,067 billion (US$ 92.66 million)

The HCM City Department of Health last week inspected 25 fish-sauce and dipping-sauce processing and trading establishments and found 19 of them flouting food safety and hygiene regulations.

The nation’s premier coffee growing region has replaced more than a hundred thousand hectares of the crop with other cash crops like cashew and pepper.

Flood waters broke a protective dyke in Quảng Bình Province yesterday. No casualties were reported.