Việt Nam News

Coast Guard seizes 30,000 litres of smuggled diesel

The Coast Guard Region No. 3 Command has seized 30,000 litres of smuggled diesel from a fishing boat seven nautical miles off the southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.

Two Whitmore’s disease cases detected in Hòa Bình

Both patients were admitted in critical condition, suffering from respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, sepsis, multiple organ failure, pleuritis with pleural effusion and abscesses in the liver and soft tissues.

Two injured as falling trees cause havoc in HCM City

At around 3 pm on Wednesday, the storm and high winds caused many trees in Districts 1, 5, Tân Bình, and Bình Thạnh to topple.

Digital growth in healthcare raises alarm over cybersecurity risks

As the demand for digital transformation in the healthcare sector intensifies, hospital systems, medical centres and information technology applications used in disease prevention, have increasingly become targets for cyberattacks.

Over one million children targeted in measles vaccination campaign

The campaign will cover 135 districts across 18 provinces and cities. It aims to administer over 1.1 million doses of the measles-rubella vaccine to children in high-risk areas.

City shows signs of economic recovery, retail sales up over 10%

HCM City has shown signs of economic recovery with a 10.3 per cent year-on-year increase in total retail sales and service revenue in the first eight months of 2024, including a 65.8 per cent surge in tourism revenue.

Biometric technology helps simplify medical examination, procedures

Việt Nam Social Insurance is one of four agencies that have implemented the digital transformation very well, with one hundred per cent of public services now fully online.

Thừa Thiên-Huế to turn to central governance in 2025

The Government has approved a territory plan proposed by the central province in the establishment of a centrally-run locality over a current total area of 4.947.11sq.km, including Huế City

HCM City vaccinates children against measles during National Day holidays

Healthcare workers in HCM City gave measles vaccines to nearly 17,000 children aged between one and five years during the National Day holidays (August 31 – September 2).

Passenger bus route linking Hạ Long and China’s Nanning City launched

The route is jointly managed by the Quảng Ninh Department of Transport and the Department of Transport of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and operated by two transport firms of Việt Nam and China.

HCM City District plans to relocate 86 abused children to public care facility

Initial findings suggested that abuse and neglect of the children at the private facility have been both frequent and prolonged.

Storm Yagi likely to reach super typhoon status before making landfall in Việt Nam

The National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting noted that international forecasts are in agreement with Việt Nam's assessment that Yagi is a very powerful storm.

Domestic and international tourism flourishes during National Day holiday

The tourism industry served about three million domestic and international visitors during the four-day National Day holiday, according to the Việt Nam National Authority of Tourism.

One fatality and many students of Thái Nguyên Industrial College hospitalised

Fourteen students at the Thái Nguyên Industrial College living in the same dormitory were hospitalised with an unidentified fever, one of whom died.

Hà Nội sees surge in dengue fever cases

According to the CDC, the combination of hot weather and frequent rain has created ideal conditions for mosquitoes, which transmit the disease, to proliferate.

Two air traffic management projects at Long Thành International Airport to be completed ahead of schedule

The two projects are set to enhance the air traffic management capacity of VATM.

Two scenarios for Storm Yagi: flash floods, landslides, and urban flooding forecasted

Both scenarios are expected to bring heavy rainfall, posing a high risk of flash floods, landslides, especially in mountainous areas and urban flooding.

It's not the time to invest in second runway in Long Thành Airport: MoT

Investing in ACV's second runway at this stage is not appropriate in terms of time and investment location, according to phasing decided by the National Assembly (NA).