Government Inspectorate to step up fight on corruption

Deputy Inspector General Trần Ngọc Liêm talks to the Vietnam News Agency on the Government Inspectorate’s plans and the importance of mechanisms to prevent and deter corruption

Waiting for a second miracle

Lying on the bed of the Military Hospital 103 in Hà Nội with jaundiced skin, Nguyễn Thị Diệp, 25 years old, is waiting for her second liver transplant.

Libyans protest corruption, living conditions for third day

Hundreds of young Libyans protested in Tripoli for a third consecutive day to decry deteriorating living conditions and corruption amid a heavy security presence, an AFP correspondent said.

Mongolia's ruling party wins parliamentary election in landslide Mongolia's ruling party won a landslide election victory to retain an overwhelming majority in parliament -- a reward from voters who approved of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to near-complete results on Thursday.

Mongolians vote in shadow of coronavirus

Mongolians headed to the polls on Wednesday with a host of coronavirus safety restrictions in place as debate raged over whether the elections should have been postponed.

Verdict in French graft trial of Bashar al-Assad's uncle A Paris court will give its verdict on Wednesday in a trial on money laundering charges for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's uncle, who amassed a fortune in France over several decades.

Country’s largest seedling-growing district steps up production

Farmers in Bến Tre Province’s Chợ Lách District are boosting production of seedlings for all kinds of crops to make up for those damaged by drought and saltwater intrusion during the just-ended dry season.

Vietnamese doctors successfully cure Wiskott-Aldrich child patient for the first time The Central Paediatrics Hospital on Tuesday announced that for the first time, its doctors successfully used a bone marrow transplant to cure a two-year-old boy who suffers from Wiskott-Aldrick syndrome (WAS) – a rare disease that affects up to nine people in a million.

Making a dream come true, leading surgeon grafts a hand

Dr Nguyễn Thế Hoàng, Deputy Director of Surgery at Central Military Hospital 108, led a team of four top surgeons to successfully graft a left forearm for a man, who lost his hand in an accident at work four years ago.

Peach blossom farmers back to work after Tết

Peach blossom growers of Nhật Tân, a famous peach blossom planting village in Hà Nội, often keep contact with those who hire or buy their trees to collect them after Tết and take care of the trees for the next season.