President backs hi-tech plans to offset drought

President Trương Tấn Sang yesterday asked residents of Lộc An Commune of Lộc Ninh district in the southern Bình Phước Province to employ high technology for agricultural production in order to minimise the dependence on weather conditions.

800 mobilised to stamp out forest fire

A forest fire broke out today in northern mountainous Yên Bái Province’s Nậm Có Commune, vice chairman of the Mù Căng Chải District’s People’s Committee Lê Trọng Khang has said.

Red Cross appeals for aid for drought-hit people

The Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) today appealed for donations for victims of severe drought and salt intrusion in the Central, Central Highland and Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta regions.

Thousands of Hà Nội children miss vaccination registration

Thousands of parents in Hà Nội failed to register their children for their five-in-one Pentaxim vaccination on Thursday. The city’s Centre for Preventive Medicine could meet only one-thirtieth of the total demand for 91,000 vaccination doses.

PM gives nod to Mine Action Partnership Group

Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, head of the State Steering Committee for the National Mine Action Programme, has agreed to establish the Mine Action Partnership Group (MAPG).

Symposium held on pharma quality

Health experts and policy makers discussed ways to improve the outcomes of patient care and the quality of pharma products at a symposium yesterday in Hà Nội.

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