Việt Nam News

The Lao government is discussing the planned route of an expressway running from Vientiane through Xaysomboun, Xieng Khuang and Huaphan provinces to the Vietnamese border, local media reported on November 4.

As of July 2021, Hà Nội’s population reached over 8 million, increasing by almost 200,000 people per year on average.

With the economy recovering and production returning to normal, many HCM City businesses are now facing a serious shortage of informal workers, especially in the food and beverage business.

Cần Thơ aims to become a modern, civilised city alongside other advanced cities in ASEAN, as announced in a meeting of Cần Thơ City Party Committee on Thursday.

State budget allocation should prioritise poor localities with a high number of migrant workers, said Dr Nguyễn Đức Thành, director of the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Strategic Studies (VES) said while attending a seminar discussing State budget estimate 2022 on Friday.

The number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations in HCM City has increased slightly over the past two weeks, with most hospitalised patients having mild symptoms, according to a survey conducted by the city’s Department of Health.

The People’s Court of Hà Nội opened the first-instance trial of Nguyễn Duy Linh, former deputy head of the Ministry of Public Security’s General Department of Intelligence, for allegedly receiving a bribe of VNĐ5 billion (US$220,000) from Phan Văn Anh Vũ.

HCM City hospitals have sent more medical workers and equipment to Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces to help in the fight against COVID-19.

A total of 7,504 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Friday, taking the total number of infections to 953,547.

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Doctors at the Vinmec Center for Orthopedic Trauma & Sports Medicine have made a successful surgery to recover the arm for a patient with bone cancer. This is the first time in the world that a combination of materials, titanium alloy and PEEK biomedical material, based on 3D printing technology has been used to replace a bone in the arm.

The Ministry of Health is seeking advice from the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention to vaccinate children under the age of 12 against COVID-19.

The grassroots health system, which plays a major role as a first-line defense against COVID-19, is being strengthened in HCM City in response to the pandemic.

Eighteen children aged between 2-6 months old in Hà Nội’s Quốc Oai District were mistakenly inoculated with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to the municipal Department of Health.

HCM City will need to adopt advanced energy-efficient waste-treatment technologies that safeguard the environment, and seek recycling technology to achieve a circular economy, experts said.

There are only about 178,000 pigs in the province currently, a fall of 40 per cent.

The highest priority is to develop a modern and comprehensive infrastructure system, according to Deputy Prime Minister (PM) in a meeting with the Mekong Delta Coordinating Council for the 2021-2025 period on Wednesday.

As the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) continues in Glasgow, the United Kingdom, Việt Nam News reporters Vân Nguyễn, Minh Phương and Việt Dũng spoke to local people about their environmental concerns, expectations for the future, and what actions people can take to make Việt Nam more environmentally-friendly.