Việt Nam News

Health experts have raised more concerns over the negative health impacts of alcohol after seeing an increased drinking rate among the Vietnamese population and an increased volume of alcohol consumed in the country.

A pilot programme on national hospital quality assessment has resulted in positive results, but a gap between policy objectives and operations still exists, hospital officials have said.

A dam at Sông Bung 2 Hydroelectric Plant in the central province of Quảng Nam broke yesterday afternoon, sweeping away two workers, said deputy chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Phan Việt Cường.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked central Quảng Trị Province's authorities to continue investigating the deforestation of a protected forest in Vĩnh Linh District and strictly penalise the violators.

More than 183 out of 580 gold business units have failed to meet the regulation on measurement and quality standards, following inspections by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

 The Việt Nam Railway Corporation (VNR) will sell train tickets from October 1 for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

A super typhoon, named Meranti, has been formed off the northwestern Pacific Ocean, near the East Sea, according to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, Cầu Ngang District’s seaside was frequently attacked by rogue waves triggered by easterly monsoon winds. 

Experts from Animals Asia’s Viet Nam Bear Rescue Centre (VBRC) in Tam Đảo National Park rescued an Asian Black Bear and two monkey from Buôn Ma Thuột City in the Central Highlands Province yesterday.

HCM City is experiencing an ongoing shortage of blood for transfusions due to a lack of donors. Nguyễn Thị Kim Thủy, deputy chairwoman of the Việt Nam Red Cross in HCM City’s Gò Vấp District, is urging companies with a large number of workers to schedule voluntary blood donation programmes.

Doctors at the General Hospital in the northern mountain province of Hà Giang successfully performed a unique medical operation, removing a 4.5kg fibroid tumor, the hospital director announced yesterday.

The Hà Nội Transport Corporation has put 25 new buses with free WiFi into operation this morning.

Quảng Ngãi Province's People's Committee has decided to revoke 337ha of land, part of a project to build the Guang Lian Dung Quất Steel Factory, located in Bình Thuận Commune.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened its third session this morning, discussing draft amendments to the laws on irrigation and railways.

Three people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to smuggle drugs into the central coastal province of Quảng Bình.

Free medical check-ups and surgeries were provided for 20 children born with cleft lips and palates yesterday in Hà Nội.

The UN Women Việt Nam, in co-ordination with the Việt Nam Women's Union, has provided 3,000 packages of hygiene products for disadvantaged women and girls in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
 

HCM City’s steering committee for the smart city project hosted a meeting on Friday to approve a draft plan of the project, which aims to develop the southern metropolis into a smart city.