Free surgeries offered to children needing genital reconstruction

Eighty-four children with severe urological birth defects and rare urological conditions in HCM City, Đà Nẵng and Hà Nội will receive free genital surgeries from November 3-22 under the Thiện Nhân & Friends - Child Genital Reconstruction Surgery Vietnam programme.

Volunteers offer helping hand to poor hospital patients

 A group of young people from the central city of Đà Nẵng led by Hồ Ngọc Thanh have set up a volunteer programme to help poor sick people get to hospital.

Ceremony marks 70th anniversary of day of volunteer soldiers

A ceremony was held in Hà Nội on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the traditional day of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts in Laos (October 30). 

Party leader, President meets Lao counterpart Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Monday hosted a reception for his Lao counterpart Bounnhang Vorachith and a high-ranking delegation from the Lao Party and State.

To-your-health: Vaccination, what is it all about? The concept of vaccination and immunisation is very ancient. Evidence of early inoculation to protect people from some disease was found in China. However, the rate of success and protection was not very good. The first modern vaccine was developed in England in the late 18th Century and was used against an infectious disease called smallpox or variola.

Illegal blood deals will be punished Dr Nguyễn Trọng Khoa, deputy head of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment under the Ministry of Health talks to Người Đưa Tin (The Herald) newspaper about blood donations and allegations people are waiting outside hospitals offering to sell their own blood.

Việt Nam gives $523,000 to Cambodia for search of remains of Vietnamese soldiers The Vietnamese Government has given US$523,000 to the Cambodian Government to assist in a joint effort to search, excavate and repatriate the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who fell in the war in Cambodia.

Volunteers clean up garbage in Hà Nội

Two tonnes of garbage were collected from under Long Biên Bridge in Hà Nội over the weekend by around 200 volunteers.

Hậu Giang will apply IT for agricultural traceability The southern province of Hậu Giang will apply information technology (IT) to its agricultural and aquatic products.

Smart city challenges Gov’t and localities In efforts to embrace the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), cities and provinces in Việt Nam are pushing smart city programmes, combining technology with internet-connected devices to enhance municipal management and economy.