Farmers still struggling to access bank loans

“Almost all farmers face difficulties getting bank loans as they struggle to put a security up for loans,” said Nguyễn Đăng Cường, a farmer in Thuận Thành District, northern Bắc Ninh Province.

Two new Zika infections diagnosed in VN

 

The Ministry of Health last Saturday confirmed two new cases of Zika virus infection, raising the total number of locally transmitted cases in Việt Nam to five since April.

Delta rice yields fall on diseases

 Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have begun harvesting the year’s third rice crop, but face low yields even as prices have been pushed down by export difficulties.

Kidney stone treatments improving

Treatment for urinary kidney stones, a common health problem in countries with a tropical climate, has become more advanced in Việt Nam, but surgery is often required because patients wait too long to visit the hospital, according to doctors at Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City.

 

Respiratory infections on the rise among kids

 

The number of hospitalised child patients with respiratory infections has risen to a record high at the two paediatric hospitals in HCM City as the diseases reach seasonal peaks from late September through December.

Job broker arrested for suspected fraud

Police in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province said yesterday that they arrested a woman who work as job broker to appropriate over VNĐ 700 million (US$ 31,500 )

Coal mine accident

Rescuers have retrieved the body of a worker killed in a coal mine collapse last Friday in northern Quảng Ninh Province’s Cẩm Phả City.

HCM City honours young businesspeople

Businesspeople, especially young ones, have played a very important part in Việt Nam’s industrialisation and modernisation, a city leader confirmed.

OceanBank leaders prosecuted

OceanBank’s former chairman and 15 of its top leaders will be tried for their involvement in one of the biggest economic crime cases in Việt Nam this year, police said yesterday.

Breathing problem

The number of children with respiratory infections admitted to paediatrics hospitals has soared up in the first week of October.

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