Việt Nam News

The health sector in recent years has increasingly used information technology, leading to positive changes in all medical activities, including the management of health-service abuse.

While many parts of the world rang in the new year quietly due to restrictions put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, scenes of excited crowds, colourful performances and exuberant firework displays were visible throughout Việt Nam thanks to its effective handling of the pandemic which has allowed life to return to a relative normal.

HCM City authorities yesterday (Dec 31) passed a resolution for establishing the new Thủ Đức City and revamping administrative units in its districts and communes.

There’s no doubt 2020 has been one of the most challenging ever. But it’s out with the old and in with the new. What will 2021 bring for you? Tell us your hopes and resolutions. Happy New Year everyone!

Đoàn Lê Hoàng Tân, 33, deputy director of the Centre for Innovative Materials and Architectures under the Việt Nam National University HCM City, was recently honoured as one of the 10 outstanding young scientists, making him one of the 2020 Golden Globe Award winners.

HCM City has increased its budget allocation for preschool education and has called on the private sector to invest in building kindergartens to meet increasing demand.    

Schools in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai are working hard to keep their students warm amid the chill of winter.

Digital transformation in the health sector aims to better serve people and help patient access to more convenient and quality medical services, said Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long at the Ehealth Vietnam Summit 2020 on Wednesday.

Over 96 per cent of the total figure 3.8 million arrivals came to the country in the first quarter, before social distancing measures and strict border closures were imposed to prevent spread of coronavirus.

A total of 220 school students whose families were affected by floods and storms from Nghệ An to Quảng Ngãi Province received scholarships worth VNĐ2.2 billion (US$95,000) from the Việt Nam Central Disaster Prevention Support Fund (QPT) for continuing their education.

A total of 122 outstanding students from ethnic minority groups in 47 localities were honoured at a ceremony in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

The fire was largely brought under control after three fire trucks and dozens of firefighters were deployed to the site.

MSC Oliver, one of the world’s largest container ships, docked at the Cái Mép International Terminal (CMIT) in Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu Province on Monday (December 28).

Three additional member universities of VNU-HCM universities will become autonomous next year, Dr Nguyễn Minh Tâm, the university’s vice chancellor, said at an annual meeting held on Tuesday.

Recently, maggots were found in the meals of students of one school in downtown Hà Nội, causing great public concern.