Việt Nam News

HCM City authorities have officially dissolved the American International School (AIS) after months of suspension and repeated failures to rectify serious violations, bringing an end to what was once one of the country’s most prominent and controversial international schools.

Associate Professor Lưu Quang Thùy, director of the Centre for Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care at the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital, said injuries caused by firework explosions are often extremely severe and progress rapidly.

Four people were killed and six injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on the Mai Sơn–Highway 45 Expressway in Thanh Hóa Province early on Wednesday.

The Government’s Resolution No. 7/NQ-CP clearly stated that developing social housing for the people has been identified by the Party and State as a political determination, an important task of the Party and the entire political system.

The gift-presentation programme was rolled out in a coordinated and timely manner, reflecting the Party and the State’s deep attention to people who rendered service to the revolution, as well as social assistance beneficiaries and social pensioners.

Urbanisation has created space for industrial and service development, serving as a hub for high-quality human resources and scientific and technological achievements

According to the Việt Nam Military Medical University’s Department of Anatomy, in 2025, the unit provided counseling to more than 1,000 individuals interested in body donation and received 75 body donation registrations.

HCM City is turning vacant lands into temporary flower parks for Tết in mid-February.

The regulation is designed to control emissions from personal transport, contributing to environmental protection and improvements in urban air quality.

Deputy Prime Minister Mai Văn Chính emphasised the need to focus on high-spending, long-stay international markets; promote innovation, digital and green transformation; and fundamentally renew tourism promotion efforts

Việt Nam has approved a national strategy on older persons to expand their employment, health care access and social participation, as policymakers seek to tap the underdeveloped 'silver economy' ahead of a major demographic transition.

Việt Nam has assigned HCM City the country’s largest social housing target through 2030, tasking the southern metropolis with building more than 181,000 subsidised homes as the government steps up efforts to ease housing shortages and support low-income workers.

Police in HCM City have stepped up inspections and enforcement against violations related to food safety, as the production and sale of food of unknown origin has become increasingly widespread and complex, according to the municipal Department of Economic Police.

According to HCM City’s department of construction, three social housing construction projects are expected to launch this January to build 5,568 total housing units.

A group of students from FPT University is transforming the way children learn history. By combining augmented reality with storytelling, Vietnamese Female Heroes brings legendary women from Vietnam’s past to life on the screen through vivid animations and sound. Designed specifically for young readers, the project makes history interactive, memorable, and inspiring, helping children connect with their national heritage freshly and excitingly.

The HCM City traffic police are cracking down on pick-ups and drop-offs by buses at unauthorised spots and on unlicensed coaches during the runup to Tết in mid-February.

The Traffic Police Department calls on agencies, transport enterprises, armed forces, officials, workers and drivers to support the traffic police forces in fulfilling their tasks.

The 108 Military Central Hospital, on January 12, announced that it had successfully performed a multi-organ transplant from a brain-dead donor, a health care worker.