Misconceptions about modern contraceptives are causing unexpected pregnancies and abortions, a conference organised by the HCM City Women Magazine and Bayer Việt Nam to mark World Contraception Day in HCM City.
Residents and industrial clusters should be responsible for treating their waste instead of relying on the Government’s budget, said Hoàng Dương Tùng, deputy director general of the Vietnam Environmental Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Ethnic minority groups in Việt Nam still struggle with living situations much more difficult than the nation’s average, a recent government survey shows.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has announced how compensation will be paid to people affected by the toxic spill caused by Taiwanese Hưng Nghiêp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Corporation (FHS), resulting in Việt Nam’s worst-ever environmental disaster along the central coast.
New-style rural areas should be built by farmers who have knowledge, creativity, and startup spirit, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
The German Chamber of Skilled Crafts Potsdam yesterday handed over a Letter of Acknowledgement to certify the equivalence of two occupational standards offered by the LILAMA 2 Technical and Technology College in Đồng Nai Province.
Over 200 local and international surgeons exchanged scientific information and advanced methods in plastic and aesthetic surgery at the 6th National Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Congress, which opened here today.
Hà Nội Police yesterday issued a warning to two policemen of the Đông Anh District Police for an assault with a reporter from the Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper.
The Bắc Kạn City People’s Procuracy offered a public apology today to a woman who had previously been unjustly prosecuted.
An accident occurred while setting off a mine for stone exploitation yesterday afternoon in Cẩm Phả City in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, injuring 14 workers.
A recent survey has found that more than 70 per cent of Hà Nội’s residents were satisfied with local public administration services, in particular more than 90 per cent of them were happy with the granting of identification cards.
The Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre’s (Vietnam MRCC) SAR 273 boat yesterday rescued and towed a troubled trawler to Cửa Lò Port in the central province of Nghệ An.
Việt Nam needs to fight against corruption and promote transparency and integrity among local community in order to create a healthy investment environment and improve local business competitiveness for global integration and sustainable development, heard a meeting yesterday.
There have been 2,919 road accidents in HCM City this year in which 607 died and 2,377 others were injured, the Department of Transport reported.
The Đa Phước Waste Treatment Complex causes the foul odour that plagues some southern districts of HCM City, the head of the office of HCM City People’s Committee, Võ Văn Hoan, said yesterday.
Agricultural credit policy in rural areas of Việt Nam is inadequate so that 86 per cent of ethnic minority farmers in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) region are borrowing “black” credit to develop production.
The central city of Đà Nẵng in co-operation with experts from the Japan Port Consultants company and the Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan have begun a pre-feasibility study to make Liên Chiểu Port a cargo port.
Despite smoking bans in public areas, many smokers ignore the prohibition. Non-smokers in crowded places, with children and the elderly present, still have to breathe in cigarette smoke. This has been blamed on punishments that are “not tough enough” by authorities.
Vietnamese women spend over five hours a doing so-called “no-name” work such as cooking, cleaning and childcare - about 2-2.5 hours more than men.
The hand, foot, and mouth disease season has barely begun in HCM City but hospitals are already seeing a rush of patients, many of them severely affected, according to paediatrics hospitals.
