Việt Nam News

A new decree raising the regional minimum wage for labourers was approved on Sunday by Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh.

Flexible and effective outreach by 43 local community-based organisations (CBOs) has made significant progress possible in preventing HIV infections and providing treatment for HIV-positive people in Việt Nam.

The HCM City Department of Health has instructed medical facilities to test all visitors who have returned from malaria endemic areas for the disease.

The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed 710 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total caseload to 10,731,244.

Phan Lê Thu Hằng, director of the project management board for investment and development of the grassroots healthcare system (under the Ministry of Health) speaks to Vietnam News Agency on the role of this system during COVID-19 outbreaks in the country. 

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp will not cultivate autumn-winter rice on more than 88,000ha during this year’s flooding season.

Even by Trần Đặng Đăng Khoa's standards, the first Vietnamese person to ride around the world on a motorbike, the trip he took in mid-May was special. 

The municipal administration ways it is working on a new plan with greater benefits to attract experts and talented workers that the city needs. 

Considered key national projects, several policies and frameworks have been proposed for Ring Roads No. 4 in Hà Nội and No. 3 in HCM City, aiming to create favourable conditions for investment and implementation. 

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has submitted to Government a draft decree on regional minimum wage for contracted workers.

Việt Nam reported 961 new COVID-19 infections in 42 localities on Friday, bringing the total caseload in the country to 10,729,681.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed scrapping the US$10,000 COVID-19 travel insurance required to enter Việt Nam. 

The HCM City People’s Committee has proposed to delay the start of the metro line No 2 Bến Thành-Tham Lương by the end of 2025 or the beginning of 2026.

Under a programme to improve healthcare for the elderly, HCM City plans to pilot nursing centres under the socialisation model that will widen the investor base and provide affordable care.

Lóng Sập, a border commune in northern mountainous Sơn La Province, used to be ridden with crime, but now things are starting to turn for the better.

Many farmers in Bình Chánh District of HCM City have switched to raising ornamental Japanese koi fish in saline water in recent years.