Boy missing after heavy rain in Bình Dương Province
An eight-year-old boy was missing as of late Monday afternoon following prolonged heavy rains, which flooded streets in the southeastern province of Bình Dương on Sunday.
Zika virus found in VN mosquitos
The Zika virus has been discovered in a small sampling of Aedes mosquitos in the costal city of Nha Trang, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology reported.
HN kicks off southern road
Construction has started on the main road in the southern gateway of the city in Hoàng Mai District at a cost of VNĐ2,067 billion (US$ 92.66 million)
Crackdown on unfase sauce producers
The HCM City Department of Health last week inspected 25 fish-sauce and dipping-sauce processing and trading establishments and found 19 of them flouting food safety and hygiene regulations.
Coffee cutbacks underway
The nation’s premier coffee growing region has replaced more than a hundred thousand hectares of the crop with other cash crops like cashew and pepper.
Dyke breach threatens lives in central province
Flood waters broke a protective dyke in Quảng Bình Province yesterday. No casualties were reported.
Nutrition week focuses on climate change
A communication campaign will be launched nationwide from October 16 to 23 in efforts to strengthen community awareness on nutrition safety and malnutrition prevention in people, especially children.
Rockslide kills three miners, injures one
Three miners died and another was injured in a rockslide that occurred yesterday afternoon in a company's quarry in Châu Quang Commune in central Nghệ An Province’s Quỳ Hợp District.
Taxi drivers protest rest time regulation
Taxi drivers in Hà Nội have complained about a regulation forbidding them from driving for more than four consecutive hours.
National programme for hemophilia care needed: experts
A national programme for comprehensive care of hemophilia, a hereditary blood disorder, is needed, according to Dr Phù Chí Dũng, head of HCM City Blood Transfusion Hematology Hospital.
Nation braces for new storm as central region struggles
Northern central provinces are making utmost efforts to deal with severe floods that have led to widespread damage over the last few days.
PM launches national movement to support the poor
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has launched a national movement to join hands to support the poor, targeting an annual average decrease of up to 1.5 per cent of the poor household rate in the 2016-2020 period in line with the multidimensional poverty line.
Combined traditional, Western medicine treatments more common in VN
Trần Thị Tuyết Nhung, 55, had suffered pain for two months earlier this year before she decided to visit Bình Chánh District Hospital for treatment.
HCM City to choose contractors for tidal flood-control project
The Prime Minister has agreed in principle to allow the HCM City administration to apply bidding selection forms in special cases under Article 26 of the Law on Bidding to select a contractor for a tidal flood control project for the city.
Delayed policy development hurts autistic kids
In Việt Nam, the number of children with autism has increased considerably since 2000, but a lack of an appropriate educational system for them has been a long-time concern for many parents.
Bus terminals to turn a hi-tech corner
At present, the coach stations’ management done by obsolete methods has caused disorder and disorganisation. Therefore, technology integration into management practices is urgently required.
Building VN into start-up nation: PM
The Vietnam National University-Hanoi (VNU) should take the lead in building Việt Nam into a start-up nation, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told its managerial staff yesterday.
Murder suspect arrested
The central city’s public security force has arrested a suspect killer of a crual murder that occurred in Mân Thái ward of Sơn Trà district on Saturday.
Quakes hit Quảng Nam’s mountainous districts
Two earthquakes, measured at 3.1 and 3.4 on the Richter scale, hit the mountainous districts of Tây Giang and Phước Sơn on Saturday morning (October 15).
People smuggling prevention needs regional cooperation
People smuggling has become more sophisticated and requires law enforcement agencies to work closely together, the deputy minister of public security said at a meeting on law enforcement in people smuggling.
