Việt Nam News

Việt Nam lacks the legal framework, technical criteria and capacity for testing and selecting agricultural machines, which hinders the country’s mechanisation in agriculture, experts said.

 A new general hospital with 500 beds was inaugurated in Hamlet 1, Phúc Lộc Commune in the north-west province of Yên Bái yesterday.

Some 100 pigs in Hà Tĩnh Province have been stricken with blue-ear disease just a month after it was believed to have been brought under control.

Food-safety inspection teams, which have been piloted in five districts, will be established in all districts’ wards and communes, according to Health Nguyễn Hữu Hưng, the deputy head of the HCM City Department.

 The central province of Quảng Nam’s departments of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs; Heath; Natural Resources and Environment have teamed up with Chu Lai Open Economic Zone and Public Security authorities to investigate the 43 labourers found unconscious at the Korean Panko Tam Thăng Company in the last two days.

A Ministry of Health's plan to increase hospital fees in December may be delayed  in several provinces and cities across the country

The construction of Kỳ Cùng Bridge in Lạng Sơn City began yesterday. The bridge, which is being built by the Lạng Sơn People’s Committee, will replace Kỳ Lừa Bridge.

The Bạch Mai General Hospital started today the construction of a modern health examination and treatment centre, which will cater to patients in Hà Nội and its neighbouring areas.

A 40-year-old man, Đặng Văn Hiến, wanted for murder as per a decision of Đắk Nông People’s Court, has surrendered, director of court Nguyễn Văn Cường said today.

The Ministry of Communication and Information yesterday temporarily suspended the publication of the Tầm Nhìn (Vision) e-newspaper for three months for violating rules defined in its operating license.

Nearly 1,700 malnourished children in eight communes of Bắc Giang Province will be provided supplements in their daily meals to improve their health and nutrition in the year’s last quarter.

As Southeast Asian countries improve their connectivity and promote tourism, representatives from four countries in the region on Thursday discussed steps to prevent the sexual exploitation of children.

The brutal floods in this central Vietnamse province earlier this month left many farmers struggling. Now more than ever they need urgent support in seedlings and breeding stock to resume production and stabilise their livelihoods.

Residents living in outlying areas of Hà Nội have to face series of challenges brought by urbanisation, participants heard at a conference yesterday.

Việt Nam’s legal framework is compatible with most of the commitments on investment it has undertaken under the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) but not compatible with commitments on transfer and investor-State dispute resettlement, Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) announced yesterday.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Trần Anh Tuấn yesterday said the ministry and related agencies would consider suspending the Việt Nam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) from operation.

Around 5,000 level crossings in the country, of which 4,302 are illegal, remain unguarded and are the main cause of railway accidents, the Vietnam Railways Corporation has announced.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has released an official message concerning this year’s presidental amnesty decisions.