Việt Nam News

Two people were killed and four others, including two children, were hospitalised yesterday afternoon after they were struck by lightning in northern Quảng Ninh Province’s Quảng Yên Commune.

Residents can now view information about their electricity usage through the new Zalo app account of the HCM City Power Corporation (EVN HCMC).

Test results of five water samples in the area around the Đông Thạnh garbage dump in Hóc Môn District revealed high nitrate and ammonium levels, according to the Health Department.

A fire, which broke out at an electrical appliance store in HCM City’s Lũy Bán Bích Road at 4am this morning, killed four people inside.

The start-up culture in Việt Nam has taken off in the last year, with more young people eager to start businesses as the government and local organisations have offered more favourable conditions.

The HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs has efficiently publicised the contributions of overseas Vietnamese to the country’s development, Nguyễn Thành Tài, deputy chairman of the city People’s Committee, has said.

Prof. Eric Krakauer from the Harvard Medical School in Hà Nội today imparted training through lectures to doctors from hospital in Hà Nội on palliative care measures and models.

More than one-third of children in Asia have flat feet and Vietnamese children are no exception, according to the founder of the American Chiropractic Clinic in Việt Nam.

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Tây Nguyên, in the Central Highlands, has great potential for socio-economic development.

The health departments of 63 cities and provinces have been ordered to quickly conduct a review and check on X-ray equipment and equipment used in nuclear medicine and radiation therapy.

Search and rescue forces in Sa Pa District have announced that at 1pm this afternoon they found the body of missing British tourist Aiden Shaw Webb.

Environment workers of Hà Nội completed the collection of dead fish in Hoàng Cầu Lake early this morning on instructions from Nguyễn Đức Chung, chairman of the People’s Committee.

The prime minister has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to supply 120 tonnes of aquatic disease prevention chemicals to three provinces.

The body of one miner who trapped in the Nước cave of Lũng Cao commune in the central Thanh Hóa province was recovered yesterday by rescuers and local residents.

Việt Nam’s pharmaceutical industry has consumed about 60,000 tonnes of traditional or herbal medicinal materials, of which between 80 per cent and 85 per cent was imported from China.

Vietnam News Agency (VNA) is determined to improve its news quality and well as perform its role as a national news agency and a strong multimedia conglomerate, General Director Nguyễn Đức Lợi has said.

The European Union has allocated more than two million Euros for a project to scale up ethical biotrade initiatives within the phyto-pharmaceutical (plant-based) sector in Việt Nam.