Việt Nam News

HCM City’s Chợ Rẫy Hospital on Thursday diagnosed the first ever patient in Việt Nam with Hageman factor deficiency, a rare genetic bleeding disorder.

Following Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s order to stop the illegal use of injected substances in shrimp exports, authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have begun several measures to end the practice by the end of next year.

Despite higher growth than in the same period last year, HCM City has fallen short of its economic growth target in the first quarter.

Residential houses have been built on top of former farmland parcels for decades now, however, existing law has not provided legitimacy for this practice, leading to years-long problems for the residents and headaches for local authorities.

The Traffic Police Department, in co-operation with the Mobile Police High Command and Hà Nội Police have discovered and seized 13 illegal sand exploitation vessels working in the Hồng (Red) River's border between Hà Nội and Phú Thọ Province. 

A fire broke out yesterday after a fuel tanker carrying a huge quantity of gasoline overturned in Central Highland's Kon Tum Province, killing one person and leaving another seriously injured.

Police in the northern mountain province of Sơn La’s Mộc Châu District have arrested a woman for trafficking her ​daughter, a niece and other local women to China.

Police in the province of Hà Giang have arrested two people suspected of illegally selling and storing nearly 650kg of fireworks.

Rescue forces have found one body identified as the crewman of the Hải Thành 26 ship which sank at sea off southern Vũng Tàu City three days ago, said an official from the Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre.

Three apartment buildings in HCM City will be rebuilt this year as part of the city’s plan to renovate or replace old apartment buildings by 2020, Trần Trọng Tuấn, director of the city’s Department of Construction, has said.

Recreational abuse of synthetic drugs is becoming increasingly popular among Vietnamese youth who want to get “high”. However, most youngsters are not aware of the long-term risks that the drugs might pose to the young mind, ending with consequences even more serious than traditional drugs.

Fifteen leading Australian universities and executive training providers next month will participate in the Việt Nam – Australia Executive Education and Training Showcase to be held in Việt Nam for the first time.

 It was around 8pm and the lights inside the classrooms of the University of Architecture were still on.

The 70-year-old mother Nguyễn Thị Minh Lê has the thought of “must worry and take care of two addicted children until she dies” when her battle to treat for two drug addicts seemed hopeless.

Hùng Vương Obstetrics Hospital in HCM City on Wednesday got a digital mammography machine, the first public hospital in the city to use one, a top city health official said.

The 6th Việt Nam-US Pediatrics Conference officially opened at Bạch Mai General Hospital, in Hà Nội, yesterday, bringing together leading domestic and foreign pediatric experts.

The proportion of people with HIV/AIDS in HCM City who have health insurance surged to 70 per cent last February from 20 per cent in April last year, according to the city HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre.