Gender equality forum in Hà Nội

The empowerment of women and girls in Việt Nam has reached significant achievements, said Hoàng Thị Thu Huyền, deputy director of the Department of Gender Equality under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Anaphylaxis cases on the rise in VN: doctors

Việt Nam is seeing an increase in the number of people with anaphylaxis, according to experts at a conference last week on emergency critical care medicine and medical toxicology.

Provinces seek extension of HCM City’s metro line

After Đồng Nai Province, it is now the turn of Bình Dương to seek extension of HCM City’s first metro route from Bến Thành to Suối Tiên so that it can reach the province’s Mỹ Phước-Tân Vạn Road.

Getting stuck

More than a thousand tourists who were stuck on Monday on Cù Lao Chàm Island in the central province were taken safely to the mainland yesterday morning.

One killed in traffic accident

A tractor collided with a bridge’s handrail and fell into the sandbank on the Hương River in Huế City today, killing the driver.

Child hygiene urged for summer

Doctors called for better personal hygiene and nutrition among children to prevent and fight against hand-foot-mouth disease, especially during the period from March to May, which typically sees the biggest spread of the disease each year in Việt Nam.

Holiday road toll: 63 dead, 56 injured

A total of 83 traffic accidents have been reported nation-wide during the three-day holiday in commemoration of the Hùng kings, killing 63 people and injuring another 56, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Hà Nội may face summer water shortage

Hà Nội could be hit by water shortages this summer because the Đà River water pipeline No.1 faced risk of re-breaking, while a second pipeline will not be finished by its scheduled deadline, according to city authorities.

Four self-nominated candidates approved for election

Four out of 25 self-nominated candidates running for seats in the HCM City’s People’s Council for 2016 – 2021 were approved to the shortlist of 175 qualified candidates during the third consultative conference organised in HCM City on April 17.

 

Official guarantees summer power

The country will receive adequate power this summer, Đinh Thế Phúc, deputy head of Electricity Regulatory Authority of Việt Nam (ERAV) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said.

Huế winds damage houses

A whirlwind swept across central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province on April 17, blowing the roofs off 50 houses.

11 workers injured in boiler explosion

Eleven workers were injured when a boiler exploded this morning at the Wood World Việt Nam JSC in Nam Cấm Industrial Park in Nghi Lộc District, Central Nghệ An Province.

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