Việt Nam News

Rains from noon until the late afternoon turned Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Huế City into a river.

A whirlwind that swept across this central province early this morning blew away the roofs of 45 houses, while five people with injuries were admitted to hospital.

The high volume of soil from road construction works in the upper part of the Hương River in this central province has turned the colour of the water to red.

Residents in mountainous districts of central Nghệ An Province are witnessing the rampant construction of hydropower plants, which have had a negative impact on their daily life and production.

Pregnant women, lactating mothers and clinical patients will benefit from two nutrition improvement projects signed between the Ministry of Health and Abbott Company at a ceremony today in Hà Nội.

Southern coastal Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province is planning to relocate its airport from the central area of Vũng Tàu City to the suburb due to safety reasons and usage inefficiency.

Doctors have warned of possible outbreaks of seasonal diseases such as pinkeye, viral fever and respiratory tract infections.

Hà Nội authorities are planning to launch a campaign to crack down on thousands of taxis that have licences from other provinces but operate in the city, the municipal Department of Transport has said.

Local authorities play a particularly important role in implementing health programmes at their localities as well as co-ordinating with different sectors to help people easily access and efficiently use quality healthcare services at a reasonable cost.

The partnership between Government, enterprises and civil society is vital to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Việt Nam, experts have said.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has decided to prosecute officials allegedly responsible for illegal logging in a nature reserve on Sơn Trà Peninsula.

Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) will provide data as evidence for labour unions to sue enterprises that tried to avoid paying insurance for their employees.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment inspectors are working with six factories that own 200cu.m and above daily capacity wastewater discharge systems in the Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) province of Kon Tum.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved the feasibility study of a road that runs parallel to the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây Expressway.

National Assembly vice chairman Tòng Thị Phóng applauded the World Health Organisation (WHO)’ role in implementing healthcare programmes to provide better health and life quality of people in Việt Nam and world-over.

Only 10.8 per cent of Vietnamese disability can access to social security due to low income and unstable job.

Vietnamese students will have better opportunities to learn foreign languages other than English with a range of pilot programmes by the Ministry of Education (MoE) being introduced this year.

Is there a “code of conduct” for Hanoians? The question seems strange to many.