Việt Nam News

The People’s Committee in Mekong Delta Province of An Giang has instructed local authorities and agencies to take preventive measures against Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, following two cases that tested positive for the virus in the province.  

A 60-year-old man from HCM City recently visited Bình Dân Hospital in the city for treatment because he had been suffering from abdominal pain and intensely itchy skin for 10 days.

The health ministry’s inspectorate has ordered local health departments of central-level provinces and cities to strengthen inspections on healthcare services during the new year holiday.

Along with the Hà Nội airport project, the authority also added the Cao Bằng airport project in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng.

The coronavirus outbreak at Hà Nội-based Bạch Mai Hospital was one of the most concerning outbreaks in Việt Nam since the pandemic began.

The creative start-up ecosystem in Việt Nam has taken big steps in recent years, but there's much further still to go, an official has said.

Sanofi Vietnam has presented gifts worth nearly VND150 million (US$6,447) to more than 600 child patients at the HCM City Oncology Hospital as part of its Giac Mo Cho Em programme on the occasion of Christmas and New Year.

The Vietnam USA Society English Centers is organising a programme called ‘7 day of kindness’ to encourage children to do good things every day and foster kindness in them.

After a 10-week trial at the Old Bailey in London, Romanian ringleader Gheorghe Nica, 43, and lorry driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, from Northern Ireland, were found guilty on Monday of 39 counts of manslaughter.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday asked vaccine research units to take strong measures and use suitable and creative methods to speed up vaccine testing.

He found it hard to to do simple things and has had to depend on his family members since he was three years old.

Privatising the registration service has exposed shortcomings, according to experts.

Sùng Diu Sì has been living in Vĩnh Sơn Village of Bắc Quang District in the mountainous province of Hà Giang for 40 years.

The fishing and aquaculture output of the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has topped 836,200 tonnes this year, 10.8 per cent higher than the target, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs  (CEMA) on Monday launched a project to help partners from central to local level promote their roles and strengths in designing and experimenting innovative solutions to accelerate poverty reduction among ethnic minorities.

The HCM City People's Committee has urged the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR), the Management Board for Traffic Works Construction and Investment and relevant agencies to speed up implementation of the first bus rapid transit route (BRT No 1), which will connect with Metro Line No 1.

The Ministry of Transport proposes build seven more expressways with a total length of 774km in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta by 2030.