Việt Nam News

HCM City People’s Committee has asked the city’s departments, agencies and districts’ authorities to enhance management on trading of chemicals, especially to accelerate the remove the chemical trading Kim Biên Market from its current location, in an effort to prevent the city from fire and explosions.

Upgrades on the Hà Nội Irradiation Centre are expected to pave the way for more Vietnamese fruit, particularly those from the northern region, to reach overseas consumers.

The central province of Bình Định will host the 12^th Recontres du Việt Nam (Meeting Việt Nam) next month – an international science conference set to feature about 250 domestic and foreign scientists, including several Nobel Laureates.

National Hospital of Tropical Diseases doctors used ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) technology to treat a serious case of pneumonia successfully in Hà Nội .

 Salt farmers in HCM City’s Cần Giờ District are facing low prices, resulting in a stockpile of salt that cannot be sold. 

Health insurance is compulsory under Vietnamese law - having health insurance is in everyone’s best interests and is everyone’s responsibility, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

The first hot spell of summer, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius, is threatening people’s health, especially children and the elderly, with hospitals in Hà Nội seeing a large number of patients with respiratory and high-blood pressure-cardiovascular problems.    

Two 220kV-electric poles, which were built with concrete mixed with soil, in Vụ Bản District of the northern province of Nam Định will be demolished, the Sông Đà Stock Company 11 said.

A new report released today warns of the possibility of a rise in gender inequality in Việt Nam.

Only 30-35 per cent of people facing a high risk of contracting HIV received HIV tests in the past year, according to statistics from the Việt Nam Administration of HIV Control.

The Thanh Hóa Border Guards today successfully retrieved a fishing ship following an accident on Hòn Mê Island in Tĩnh Gia District of this central province.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked related agencies to investigate a case of a bus accident in Lao that killed eight Vietnamese guest workers and injured three others on board early yesterday morning.

Nguyễn Thành Công, 54, a labourer in Thoại Sơn district of Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang, has worked as a rock miner for nearly 30 years to earn a living.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Turkey’s Anadolu Agency (AA) inked a new co-operation agreement on information exchange in Hà Nội yesterday.

Many workers have not been able to access healthy and nutritious meals at their workplaces, causing massive food poisoning. In the meantime, enterprises have shown little interest in improving the situation.

Ministries of Finance, Industry and Trade have announced the number of administrative procedures they expect to remove or simplify this year as part of their efforts in realising Government’s Resolution 19/2016 about improving the business climate.

A heat wave, with a peak temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, has hit the northern and central regions, disrupting the daily life of the locals.