Việt Nam News

A broken steel valve of water conductor tunnel at Sông Bung 2 Hydro-power Plant in the central province of Quảng Nam was reckoned as an initial reason of an incident on Tuesday (September 13^th).

Vietnamese are celebrating the Mid-autumn Full Moon Festival (Tết Trung Thu) across the country, with lanterns and cultural activities in every street and home today and tomorrow.

The Ministry of Health yesterday requested the health sector in Nghệ An and Hậu Giang provinces to strengthen inspection of the healthcare facilities for mothers and children.

One person is reported to have died and eight others were injured in the central provinces of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình due to Typhoon Rai.

Implementing the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) will help Việt Nam fight corruption in the resources extraction sector, participants were told at a workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Around 22,000 new cases of lung cancer are recorded every year in Việt Nam, with the disease being ranked among the top causes of death, doctors have said.

The season’s fourth storm was expected to make landfall in the coastal areas of the central Thừa Thiên-Huế and Bình Định provinces at around 4am this morning, local media reported.

The potential for solar energy in Việt Nam is huge but needs appropriate policies to encourage investment, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.

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.