HCM City plans to spend more than VNĐ5.7 trillion (US$253.7 million) on three general hospitals in the city’s outlying districts in order to help reduce 80 per cent to 90 per cent of patient overloads at city or central-level hospitals, according to the Department of Health.
More than 50 overseas Vietnamese teachers from 13 countries and territories are participating in a training course in Hà Nội from August 7 – 21.
The Grace Southern Baptist General Confederation is holding its third general conference in
Prenatal and postnatal screening has helped reduce the risk of deformities among a majority of newborns, a doctor at Hà Nội Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital has said.
Eleven drug smugglers were sentenced to death while two other defendants received sentences of life imprisonment for storing, trafficking and trading more than 280 kilos of heroin at an eight-day-long court session in the northern province of Lạng Sơn that ended yesterday.
Nearly 1.2 million students in HCM City are expected to enrol in schools for the upcoming academic year, an increase of 59,000 compared to last year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.
The Centre for Science and Technology Development for Youth has kicked off the Contest on Youth Innovation Ideas 2016 for young Vietnamese aged 6 to 35 at home and abroad.
Despite an order issued by the Hà Nội People’s Committee two months ago to tear down all illegal billboards in the capital, not only have they not been removed - their number has increased.
HCM City plans to use state budget funds to build 10 fly-over systems at the city’s most congested traffic sites this year, according to the city’s Department of Transport.
The amount of hi-tech crimes has risen by 21.6 per cent in the first six months of the year, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Security.
Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has approved, in principle, the construction of 1,000 public toilets to serve the local populace and tourists visiting the city.
Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng are conducting an investigation of a case in which one man was killed and two others injured while on duty at the Nam Ban Protective Forest in Lâm Hà District on Monday afternoon.
A Lexus car crashed into a house in northern Hải Phòng City at 1am today, leaving one dead and five others injured, including a 17-month-old baby.
The regulation to penalise drivers who drive through yellow traffic lights will be reviewed and cancelled if it is found improper and impractical, Police Major General Trần Thế Quân said.
Viwasupco, which is implementing a Hà Nội water supply project, said it had cancelled a bid and would not sign a contract with China’s Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co. Ltd.
People’s Court of Hà Nội yesterday sentenced Lâm Phúc Hùng, 57, of Đống Đa District, to 14 years’ imprisonment for using Internet and digital tools to appropriate VNĐ80 billion (US$3.6 million).
The Hà Nội administration will conduct initial inspection of the safety of old buildings across the city from August 16 to December 16.
A ship has sunk and two people are missing following a collision between two ships 118 nautical miles off Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu Province late last night.
People in Quan Thổ 1 Alley on Tôn Đức Thắng Street of Hà Nội live in fear because they do not know when a house that tilts precariously will collapse.
Vietnamese technology group Bkav yesterday said the malware that recently attacked national carrier Vietnam Airlines has also penetrated the websites of government agencies, corporations, banks and research institutes, besides universities.
