Việt Nam News

Doctors of HCM City Paediatrics Hospital 2 on Tuesday successfully performed a liver transplant operation from a living donor on a 13-month-old patient with cirrhosis of the liver after 10 hours of surgery.

The popular monthly salary for IT and software jobs ranges from US$700-1,000, much higher than jobs in other categories, according to a Salary Insights Report of Vietnamworks.com.

Triệu Thị Thoa of HCM City’s District 6 says when her neighbours see a vehicle come to collect garbage, all of them close their doors immediately to avoid its stench.

The HCM City administration has instructed competent agencies to provide all assistance to a company undertaking flood prevention works to ensure there are no delays.

The HCM City Preventive Health Centre yesterday told health officials in districts to ensure the provision of the fourth shot of the combined vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) to children aged 18 to 48 months.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hậu Giang plans to expand the cultivation area planted with certified rice to 60-70 per cent of its total rice cultivation.

Saint Paul general hospital on Tuesday announced that it would open a high-tech medical centre in the capital city by end of November.

This morning, Đà Lạt City’s Military Steering Committee (MSC) successfully disposed of a 320-kg bomb that had been found in a residential area. The bomb was discovered on October 2 at the construction site of a house during excavation.

Construction work on extending Ring Road 3, the lifeline of Hà Nội, started this morning. The project is estimated to cost more than VNĐ3.1 trillion (US$137.8 million) from the city’s budget.

A tree trunk fell on a teenager at around 11am on October 4 while loading a dozen coconut trunks with a crane.

The water pipeline carrying fresh water from Đà River to Hà Nội is facing issues again this week, forcing thousands of households to survive without fresh water for several days.

The driver of a three-wheeler transporting steel sheets was injured after he failed to stop his vehicle while going down a slope in Hà Nội’s Chúc Sơn town on Monday.

Flights from Việt Nam to Busan City in South Korea were delayed last night and this morning due to Typhoon Chaba passing over northeastern countries, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has announced.

The Party, State and the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) will continue to work closely with religions in general and Catholic followers in particular in building prosperity and promoting national unity, Nguyễn Thiện Nhân, President of the VFF Central Committee said.

Illegal bus stations and unlicensed buses ferrying passengers to other provinces continue to operate brazenly in HCM City despite authorities’ efforts.

Dozens of people have died of rabies since the beginning of the year, mostly due to low vaccination rates in dogs and cats.

Many workers, particularly those at industrial zones, are facing great challenges when unqualified health conditions force them to retire at young age.

Soon after the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) proposed that Chinese and Russian be taught as first foreign languages from next year, a controversial discussion followed.