Việt Nam News

Việt Nam has about 150,000 new cancer patients and more than 75,000 people die for cancer per year, Deputy Minister of Health Phạm Lê Tuấn said in a conference on the issue held on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

The People’s Court in HCM City sentenced two people to death  yesterday for trafficking 11.8kg of heroin.

Measures to stop the use of banned substances and overuse of antibiotics in animal husbandry were discussed at a forum organised in Bình Dương Province on Tuesday.

The HCM City Department of Transport plans to issue electronic ticket cards on all bus routes next year in an aim to improve passenger convenience and management of the bus system.

 With the support of the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN), the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

The Ministry of Health has sent an urgent notice to the National Steering Committee, which confirmed there was no evidence to prove the non-prescribed sale of salbutamol for animal breeding.

 Some 9,800 trucks exceeding load limits and more than 740 trucks with oversized containers have been fined until March of this year, the Việt Nam Road Administration has said.

Four people died yesterday after suffocating from poisonous gas in an illegal gold mine in the central Quảng Nam province’s Nam Giang District.

Many drivers and owners of motorised 4-wheel vehicles face business difficulties when  their vehicles are denied certificates of quality and environmental control, reported the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper.

The Hà Nội authorities will tighten food safety management and inspection during the Food Safety Action Month taking place in all provinces and cities nationwide from April 15.

Hà Nội Department of Justice (HDJ) yesterday worked with Viettel Post to apply online and express services in registering and returning judicial records.

More than 2,000 mussel traps have been placed illegally by residents on the Tắc and Quán Trường rivers of central Khánh Hòa Province, slowing down renovation work here.

The Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) report released yesterday reveals declines at the national level in five of the six governance dimensions the survey measures.

Vehicles avoiding Hạc Trì Bridge in the northern province of Phú Thọ have affected the recovery of investments made, a representative of Việt Trì Bridge BOT Joint Stock Company said.

The government has allocated VNĐ484.7 billion (US$21.7 million) to help 21 provinces tackle the consequences of drought and saline intrusion which have affected the 2015-2016 spring-winter crops.

Two training vessels, the JS Ariake and the JS Setogiri from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, docked at Cam Ranh Port in the central province of Khánh Hòa yesterday.

Obstetrics hospitals in HCM City are providing information about the Zika virus as well as protective measures after a pregnant woman was found infected here.