Việt Nam News

Motorbikes were the main cause of traffic accidents in Hồ Chí Minh City in the first six months of the year, a meeting on traffic safety heard yesterday afternoon.

An outbreak of diphtheria in the past week in the central province of Bình Phước has resulted in three deaths, a health official said.

The People’s Committee of HCM City has told relevant agencies that they would be held fully responsible for illegal demolition of century-old villas.

When a local official informed her last year that her family was no longer poor, the 42-year-old woman in Ward 15 in HCM City’s District 8 was not happy.

This was because her family would no longer get subsidised health insurance or education for her children besides other benefits.

The HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has said it will step up checks of service establishments that are likely to surreptitiously employ sex workers to combat prostitution.

The number of electrical breakdowns in the south in the first six months this year increased sharply compared with the same period last year, said the Safety Department under the Southern Power Corporation of Vietnam Electricity (SPC EVN).

Supporting domestic airline firms and taking advantage of membership of the ASEAN Single Aviation Market to launch more international routes in the block and run direct flight routes from Việt Nam to the United States by the national carrier Vietnam Airlines are targeted as the major goals of the transport sector’s international co-operation activities during 2016-20.

HCM City plans to step up enforcement against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods to better cope with the rising number of violations that have been occurring this year.

Most Vietnamese youth show a high level of leadership potential, according to a global potential survey conducted by the UNESCO Centre for Culture and Education.

Diabetics find it difficult to change their eating habits or strictly follow the diets ordered by doctor, and this detracts from the effective of treatment, according to the Việt Nam Association of Diabetes and Endocrinology.

Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has asked central and local medical facilities nationwide to review hospital services offered by private organisations and individuals.

The southern Bình Dương Province is inviting private investors to build schools in an attempt to tackle the acute shortage of classrooms for new students.

The methadone detoxication programme in HCM City has had the desired effect and contributed to security and social order, the HCM City People’s Committee reported.

Fifty per cent of Vietnamese students suffer from short-sightedness, a survey conducted by the Central Eye Hospital has revealed.

The Government was urged to set up an agency specialising in policy advocacy in order to issue policies that fit the current situation of socio-economic development.

Twenty households along the Đồng Nai River in southern Đồng Nai Province’s Tân An Commune had to evacuate when their houses were damaged and sank almost a metre after a landslide.

The deputy head of the Southwestern Region Steering Committee, a central government group that oversees the 13 provinces of the Mekong Delta, has urged the region to retructure its agricultural sector and improve linkages to better adapt to serious challenges in a competitive global environment.    

The American Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (AmCham Việt Nam) helped organise blood donations in HCM City yesterday (July 12) during World Blood Donor Day, which was initiated by the World Health Organisation (WHO).