Việt Nam News

The appeal trial has begun in the case of former Chairman of the Hà Nội People's Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung and other defendants over the purchase of Redoxy-3C to treat polluted lakes in the city.

HCM City will set up a working group to carry out a renovation project in Xuyên Tâm Canal and the relocation of thousands of houses.

First and second booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine are necessary to maintain protection against the virus, deputy health minister Nguyễn Thị Liên Hương said on Monday.

Greig Craft (President of Automobile Association of Việt Nam and President of FIA Asia Pacific Region), and Patrick Madenjian (Managing Director of Moët Hennessy Southeast Asia’s Emerging Markets and co-Chair of WSSC) shared with Việt Nam News their thoughts and commitment toward achieving meaningful, tangible change in drink driving culture through the Power of No campaign.

The Embassy of State Of Kuwait staff, led by Chargé d’Affaires Faraj Shebeeb Mda Alajmi, donated blood at the 108 Military Central Hospital on June 20.

The country’s daily COVID-19 caseload also continues to decline with 521 infections recorded on Monday. 

A recent study of nearly 14,000 children aged six months to 12 years throws light on the ‘triple burden’ of malnutrition – undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, which often co-exist in the same country and even in the same family. 

The Vietnamese health ministry has just issued guidance for administration of third COVID-19 vaccine dose/booster for children aged 12-17.

Breast Cancer Network Vietnam (BCNV) has been connecting philanthropists who want to donate their hair and breast cancer patients that have lost their hair in the course of their treatment. 

The largest southern city aims to build 107.5 million square meters of housing over the next 10 years, one of the highlights of the draft housing development programme for HCM City between 2021 and 2030.

The HCM City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese announced several practical activities to support overseas Vietnamese by the end of the year, Phùng Công Dũng, its chairman, said at a conference held in the city last Friday (June 17).

As the northern and central regions are experiencing scorching heat, the forecasting centre said temperatures could rise further.

Families living in a commune in Ninh Bình say they have been left in limbo because they are unable to renovate their homes.

The Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 533 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, the lowest number recorded in the country over the last 11 months.

Vietnam Airlines is working with the authorities in Australia to find more information about the questioning of their flight attendants who were carrying large amounts of cash in their personal baggage.

Legal proceedings have been initiated against seven Mongolian nationals involved in a theft of nearly VNĐ1.2 billion ( about US$51,800).