Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long yesterday (Feb 16) urged agencies and local authorities in the southern region to take preventive measures against outbreaks of dengue and Zika virus infections.
A flea market is expected to be held every weekend at Bạch Đằng Wharf park in downtown HCM City, according to the People’s Committee of District 1.
Forty-eight vehicles, including 6 cars and 42 motorbikes, were fined by Hà Nội police on Wednesday, the first day stricter rules were implemented for the dedicated bus rapid transit (BRT) lanes.
The Hà Nội’s People’s Court yesterday began a four-day first-instance court hearing in the Vinashin Ocean Shipping Company Ltd. (Vinashinlines) embezzlement case.
The Government will issue a new decree on mechanisms for the Hòa Lạc Hi-Tech Park, enabling it to play an extremely important role in enhancing the country’s science and technology capacity, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Thursday on a visit to the park.
Việt Nam’s first human milk bank opened today at the Đà Nẵng Hospital for Women and Children in central Đà Nẵng City.
Tiền Giang Border Guards on Wednesday said they have seized a tug boat and a barge for transporting around 8,000 tonnes of coal dust without any required documents.
The 10th Xuân Hồng (Pink Spring) blood donation festival will take place at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội on Saturday.
Upgrading the water environment of Hoàn Kiếm (Sword) Lake is necessary and urgent work, Võ Tiến Hùng, general director of the Hà Nội Sewage and Drainage Co Ltd., said.
HCM City’s Transport Department proposed at a meeting on Wednesday solutions to traffic congestion, including proper traffic management, camera installation and higher traffic fines.
Japanese encephalitis cases account for around 10 per cent of 1,000 cases of viral encephalitis reported every year in Việt Nam.
A fire was reported inside a ship from Panama anchored at Cái Lân International Container Terminal in Quảng Ninh Province’s Hạ Long City on Tuesday night.
A sudden fall in temperatures in HCM City in the last few weeks have seen an increasing number of older adults diagnosed with acute pneumonia, doctors said.
Provinces and cities in the country are carrying out preventive methods against the spread of avian influenza, including the provision of vaccines.
The Ministry of Transport has selected the three best terminal designs for Long Thành International Airport to submit to the Government for approval.
Communicable diseases from around the world could enter Việt Nam and spread easily if the country does not improve prevention and control, said Trần Đắc Phu, director of the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department.
Abnormal weather late last year and earlier this year has caused losses for farmers in southern provinces of Đồng Nai and Bình Phước, reported the Vietnam News Agency.
Doctors at HCM City’s FV Hospital on Tuesday used a free fibular flap to reconstruct the lower jaw of a 61-year-old man with a necrotic mandible.
