Việt Nam News

A former National Assembly deputy will be prosecuted for defrauding the public in a VNĐ377 billion (US$16.9 million) property scam.

Deputy Prime Minister Trưong Hòa Bình has asked localities and agencies to strictly enforce traffic regulations, particularly government’s Decree 46, in order to reduce the number of traffic accidents.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has invited local and overseas investors to invest into the healthcare sector in Việt Nam, saying that one of the foundations of her ministry’s policy is to encourage private enterprises to invest in the sector.

The Japanese Government will provide the Vietnamese Government with a loan of JPY11 billion (US$108.2 million) in fiscal year 2016 to improve socioeconomic infrastructure and the competitiveness of the national economy. 

The HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy on Tuesday officially opened a new lecture hall developed under smart-school model.

Hydrocephalus, a brain condition that can cause loss of mental and physical ability if left untreated, has not prevented a 10-year-old boy from playing football at a field in HCM City's Bình Thạnh District.

It was covered by darkness and stink in the sewer, not mentioning the toxic factor. I and other drainage workers still had to manage to take turn to dip in the sewage to dredge its bed, Hoàng Đức Thảo, Director of the Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Urban Sewerage and Development Ltd. Company (BUSADCO), recalled.

HCM City’s Transport Department has proposed to the city authority to allocate part of the land fund for street vendors to serve their trade activities.

Hà Nội Market Watch yesterday found a moon cake shop violating food labeling regulations.

Authorities of central Phú Yên Province have warned drivers of nine “black spots” where road accidents could occur along some national highways passing through the province, following recent inspection.

Nearly 150,000 people are diagnosed with cancer annually in Việt Nam, and experts predict the disease will affect more and more young people. 

Việt Nam will work with international organisations to develop a population policy agenda at the highest level as the country looks towards becoming an aged nation, said Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam yesterday.

A fire has broken out at the second floor of a house in Gwangju city, the Republic of Korea, killing one Vietnamese man, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. 

Mothers with children under 2 years old in rural areas in the northern mountainous provinces of Thái Nguyên and Bắc Giang have benefited from a nutrition communications project launched by the National Institute of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health from April 2014 to March 2017.

The Ministry of Health has urged localities to take drastic prevention measures in response to an increase of Zika patients in Southeast Asian countries.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed districts and relevant departments to urgently draft plans to relocate people living in erosion-prone areas.

Many health workers are reportedly quitting their jobs at public hospitals and seeking opportunities in private clinics, citing low salaries, a pressure-filled environment and a shortage of favourable policies as reasons to quit.

It is important to know how to protect oneself during thunderstorms, especially in vulnerable areas.