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Doctors at Thống Nhất Hospital perform endoscopic mitral valve surgery

Doctors at Thong Nhất Hospital in HCM City have performed endoscopic mitral valve surgery on a 57-year-old man from the city’s Phú Nhuận District.

Ehealth Vietnam Summit 2020 to take place in Hà Nội next Tuesday

The Government Office and the Ministry of Health will jointly organise the National Health Digital Transformation Programme 2020 (eHealth Vietnam Summit 2020) on December 29-30 in Hà Nội.

Agriculture sector urged to earn $44 billion from exports next year

According to the Government leader, the country’s two-way trade reached nearly $541 billion this year, of which over $41 billion was from the agriculture sector.

COVID-19-affected poor ethnic groups get supports

The northwest mountainous Hà Giang provincial People’s Committee and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have helped construct 26.5km of new rural roads connecting 17 hamlets of Yên Minh district and four other hamlets of Đồng Văn district.

Traffic accidents claim 6,700 lives this year

A total of 14,510 traffic accidents happened across Việt Nam this year as of December 23, killing 6,700 people and injuring 10,804 others, the National Traffic Safety Committee has revealed.

Long An to undertake more water supply projects in rural areas

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An will carry out 31 water supply projects in 2021- 25 to benefit nearly 28,900 rural households.

Endoscopic endonasal surgical techniques used to treat rare vascular tumors

Endoscopic endonasal surgical technique is the gold standard to treat juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, a rare benign vascular tumor that appears in the nasal cavity, doctors at HCM City Children’s Hospital 1 have said.

PM calls for better care for workers

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday asked the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to take better care of workers.

HCM City to move ports out to ease congestion on roads

HCM City will continue to move its ports to its outskirts to ease congestion on roads outside them and build new ones under a national port master plan for 2020-30.

Doctors warn about human growth hormone deficiency in children

The National Hospital of Paediatrics found that H.V was suffering from a growth hormone deficiency, a rare condition that causes slow growth and below-average height in children.

Twelve more imported COVID-19 cases reported in Việt Nam

Twelve more imported COVID-19 cases were reported in Việt Nam on Thursday evening, including a South African expert and 11 Vietnamese nationals, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VN reports 12 imported cases on Thursday evening

Cash grants, water buckets, hygiene kits support natural disaster-affected people

The first distribution of unconditional cash grants, water buckets and women dignity hygiene kits reached the most disaster affected women, men and children in Hải Lăng District, Quảng Trị Province over the weekend.

Vietnamese students win five gold medals at Int’l Olympiad of Metropolises

All eight Vietnamese students from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted won medals, including five gold, one silver, and two bronze, at the fifth International Olympiad of Metropolises (IOM).

Hà Nội Party Committee reviews efforts to fight corruption

The Party Committee of Hà Nội on Wednesday convened a conference, chaired by Secretary Vương Đình Huệ, to review its anti-corruption operations, home affairs, and judicial reform work in 2020 and map out plans for 2021.

Ministry of Justice urged to remove overlaps in legal documents

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged the Ministry of Justice to remove overlaps and contradictions in legal documents while addressing the ministry’s conference on Wednesday to implement tasks for the 2021-25 period.

Environment ministry kicks off National Plastics Action Partnership

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment kicked off the National Plastics Action Partnership and the Mitigating Marine Plastic Debris Project in Việt Nam yesterday.

Tiền Giang shifts to high-value crops to adapt to climate change

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang plans to turn 7,700ha of unproductive rice fields into high-value crops to adapt to climate change and natural disasters in the 2020 - 25 period.

South cracks down on rising trade fraud, smuggling as Tết nears

HCM City and southern border provinces are working hard to fight against counterfeit goods, trade fraud and illegal cross-border smuggling as the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches.

Co-operative audit on water management in Mekong River basin kicks off

The State Audit of Việt Nam (SAV) on Tuesday held a kick-off meeting for a co-operative environmental audit on water management in the Mekong River basin for 2020-2021.