Việt Nam News

The implementation of nutritional practices in hospitals is still a neglected issue although it is vital in significantly reducing mortality in critically ill patients, experts have said.

A collision between a dump truck and a four-seater car caused hours-long traffic jam on Phan Trọng Tuệ Road in Thanh Trì District in the southeastern side of Hà Nội this morning.

The police will investigate an extremely serious shooting in this northern mountainous province even though the two victims and a shooter were dead, Major General Đặng Trần Chiêu, director of Yên Bái’s Police, said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has suggested the State Bank of Việt Nam clear, reschedule or put off debts for farmers who have been affected by the worst drought and saltwater intrusion in Việt Nam in almost a century.

The Ministry of Education and Training has encouraged schools across the country to voluntarily continue applying the new model of learning and teaching, called the Việt Nam Escuela Nueva (VNEN).

From a start-up with two cows, and after several serious economic losses, Đặng Ngọc Phong, from a poor farming family in the Mekong delta province of Đồng Tháp, now owns a large cow farming business. 

The HCM City People’s Committee spent VNĐ52.5 billion (US$2.34 million) on activities for children and teenagers over two months this summer.

Hospitals quality management plays a very important role and if it’s not done in a proper way, incidents can happen and repeat, Health minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến said at a two-day conference on hospitals quality in Hà Nội.

The levelling of land for construction purposes, as well as the effects of climate change and rising sea levels, has contributed to a dramatic increase in water levels of the Sài Gòn River.

Vietnamese students won two gold medals and one silver and bronze at the 28th International Olympiad in Informatics in Russia. 

Building a digital economy will be very important for Việt Nam to keep pace with rapid technology developments across the globe, a senior Australian scientist has said.

Phạm Văn Cường, 23, can never forget the days when he toiled at low-paid work in the southern Bình Dương Province to earn money to help his mother. This came to an end when he caught a lucky break.

The People’s Committee of the central Phú Yên Province has sought the transport ministry’s approval to build Đà Rằng and Sông Chùa bridges on National Highway 1.

Đà Nẵng City People’s Procuracy will prosecute the Đà Nẵng Port Authority of Inland Waterways’ former director for irresponsibility that led to the fatal tourist boat sinking on June 4.

Storm Dianmu has made landfall from the northern Hải Phòng port city to the northern Ninh Bình province this afternoon, the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre said.

Hà Nội will use electronic school records instead of hard copies to manage 1.7 million students in the city from September 5, People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung said.

The United States Agency for International Development has provided a five-year grant to Việt Nam’s Centre for Promotion of Quality of Life to strengthen community-led approaches to HIV prevention, care and treatment.

Public hospital services and products in 16 provinces and cities have become 18 per cent more expensive since the middle of August, as patients pay for health staff’s basic salaries.