Việt Nam News

The first hot spell of summer, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius, is threatening people’s health, especially children and the elderly, with hospitals in Hà Nội seeing a large number of patients with respiratory and high-blood pressure-cardiovascular problems.    

Two 220kV-electric poles, which were built with concrete mixed with soil, in Vụ Bản District of the northern province of Nam Định will be demolished, the Sông Đà Stock Company 11 said.

A new report released today warns of the possibility of a rise in gender inequality in Việt Nam.

Only 30-35 per cent of people facing a high risk of contracting HIV received HIV tests in the past year, according to statistics from the Việt Nam Administration of HIV Control.

The Thanh Hóa Border Guards today successfully retrieved a fishing ship following an accident on Hòn Mê Island in Tĩnh Gia District of this central province.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has asked related agencies to investigate a case of a bus accident in Lao that killed eight Vietnamese guest workers and injured three others on board early yesterday morning.

Nguyễn Thành Công, 54, a labourer in Thoại Sơn district of Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang, has worked as a rock miner for nearly 30 years to earn a living.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Turkey’s Anadolu Agency (AA) inked a new co-operation agreement on information exchange in Hà Nội yesterday.

A heat wave, with a peak temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, has hit the northern and central regions, disrupting the daily life of the locals.

Many workers have not been able to access healthy and nutritious meals at their workplaces, causing massive food poisoning. In the meantime, enterprises have shown little interest in improving the situation.

Ministries of Finance, Industry and Trade have announced the number of administrative procedures they expect to remove or simplify this year as part of their efforts in realising Government’s Resolution 19/2016 about improving the business climate.

The municipal People’s Committee chairman, Nguyễn Đức Chung, has ordered the establishment of five inter-sector inspection teams on food safety and hygiene.

A bus bearing Laos license plates exploded and caught fire while en route to Việt Nam today, killing nine Vietnamese and heavily injuring three others, 15km from the central province of Quảng Bình.

A campaign aiming to collect 1,000 national flags to send to the Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelago was launched yesterday in Huế.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has instructed the concerned ministries to adopt urgent measures to prevent and limit accidents caused by bombs and mines left over from the resistance war.

The Phú Quý Island District Police in the central province of Bình Thuận are investigating the reasons behind the explosion in Quý Hải Village in Long Hải Commune last evening.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the Sài Gòn Water Supply Corporation (Sawaco) to upgrade and build water pumping stations and install water pipes to supply to households in the outlying districts of Bình Tân, Bình Chánh and Hóc Môn.