A life of material abundance but cultural and spiritual poverty is meaningless, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said.

More than half of all countries will likely fail to hit the UN target of reducing premature deaths from a quartet of chronic diseases by a third before 2030, researchers said on Friday.

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday held a seminar on “Smart Healthcare in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution” as part of a four-day Pharmed & Healthcare Vietnam expo that featured the latest cancer treatments and smart advances in healthcare systems.

Large areas of sea in the central province of Hà Tĩnh are being polluted by untreated waste from local shrimp farming activities.

On the sidelines of the ongoing 14^th assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions in Hà Nội, Vietnam News Agency reporters talked to delegates about fostering co-operation between members and the importance of environmental auditing.

About 30,000 infants born in 2018 and 2019 in the southern province of An Giang will be screened for congenital heart disease.

The number of drug users is rising in the southern province of Đồng Nai, causing public concern in the region.

Cần Thơ seeks to cooperate with Australia in many fields, especially in sustainable energy and agriculture, said the vice chairman of Cần Thơ City’s People’s Committee at a meeting with Australian Consul General last weekend in Cần Thơ.

Fears were growing of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen after Saudi-backed government forces launched a series of attacks on rebel-held Hodeida, as a charity warned on Wednesday that more than five million children were at risk of famine in the war-torn state.