The number of methanol poisoning cases has surged over the past three months compared with previous years, according to information presented at a workshop Monday in Ha Noi on the effect of alcohol abuse and the treatment of methanol poisoning.
A new surgical technique developed by renowned obstetric surgeon Nguyễn Viết Tiến, also Deputy Health Minister, could replace the IVF (in-vitro fertilization) method for thousands of infertile women.
A rescue team works to lift a container truck that fell on its side, crushing a sedan yesterday afternoon on National Highway No 10 in Lộc Hạ Ward, Nam Định Province.
Demand for electricity in the second quarter of this year will increase by 12 per cent at the peak of the dry season, which usually records the highest power consumption of the year, according to the national power company, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).
An 18-month-old girl was brought recently to the Paediatrics Hospital 1 in HCM City from Tiền Giang Province with vaginal bleeding.
A pulmonary embolism is dangerous and potentially life-threatening. The fatality rate is 60 per cent of the total number of patients with a pulmonary embolism, if they are not treated.
A student at her dance class in Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh
Long Biên District People’s Committee chairwoman Vũ Thu Hà on Tuesday proposed that the municipal people’s committee provide guidance to concerned organisations to move the Gia Lâm Train Plant.
Việt Nam aims to reduce its drug hotspots, destroy five to 10 per cent of these places annually and set up a model for drug prevention and control in every district.
A fire broke out in Quốc Đại company’s 1,000 sqm workshop and warehouses in the northern province of Thanh Hóa’s Hoằng Hóa District on Monday evening.
Nine primary students in central Hà Tĩnh Province needed emergency hospitalisation after eating seeds they picked from the school’s yard.
A total of 5,500 ducklings tested positive for the H5N6 avian infection and other 1,000 dead ducklings were buried at the landfill site on Monday.
The severe shortage of qualified workers is a huge challenge to the rapidly growing tourism sector, experts warn.
The 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation will meet in September in Huế to discuss ways to develop the competitive and creative capacity of women-owned micro-, small- and medium-sized (MSMEs) enterprises.
Modern markets were built in Hà Nội to make shopping more hygenic, pleasurable and convenient, putting many traders and merchants in a large, well-lit, air-conditioned space under one roof. Paradoxically, modern markets are often deserted, while street markets (chợ cóc) are always full of buyers and sellers.
Việt Nam will present 30 reports – out of 125 total from 25 countries and territories – on information technology to the 7th International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICTST) in Đà Nẵng on April 16-18.
A HCM City delegation of top officials led by the secretary of the city’s Party Committee, Đinh La Thăng, met with leaders of Nippon Koei on Sunday (April 9) to discuss the progress of the city’s Bến Thành–Suối Tiên metro line, also known as Metro Line No. 1.
The structure of dykes along rivers in Hà Nội has been damaged by the volume of overloaded trucks running through the dykes every day, threatening the safety of houses during the stormy season, Kinh Tế Đô Thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper reported.
Transport Minister Trương Quang Nghĩa has ordered haste on the installation of electronic toll collection (ETC) equipment in toll stations on major highways.
Wanting to bring consumers clean and chemical-free vegetable products, an ambitious young crop scientist has acquired state-of-the-art technology from Israel to create an organic garden in the arid land of Việt Nam’s Central Highlands.
