Inspectors to check food safety throughout country The national steering committee on food safety has set up six inspection teams to check food safety and hygiene for the coming Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.

Street foods test positive for carcinogens Hà Nội’s Food Hygiene and Safety Control Department has recently inspected 50 street food restaurants and taken food samples for testing, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Livestock exports expected to fetch US$1.2 billion this year The livestock and related sectors’ exports were worth US$855.4 million in the first nine months of the year and is expected to reach $1.2 billion for the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Street foods test positive for carcinogens Hà Nội’s Food Hygiene and Safety Control Department has recently inspected 50 street food restaurants and taken food samples for testing, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Water plant releases raw sewage after water crisis

The Đà River water plant was found to have flushed thousands of cubic metres of raw wastewater used to cleanse their tanks to the environment, days after it was involved in a polluted water scandal, reported Hà Nội's environment authority.

Hà Nội to keep a close watch on food origin

Hà Nội will focus on inspecting food origin to bolster food quality control in the coming months, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung said on Monday.

HCM City hospital provides free dental care to disadvantaged people in Đồng Tháp Some 1,500 adults and children in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp have benefited from free dental check-up and treatment provided by the HCM City Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology.

Experts quash rumours of deadly virus Medical experts have denied the existence of a deadly virus which causes myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscles.

Man enriches Vietnamese meals with Japanese style tofu

Giving up a stable job at a leading Japanese research centre with a high salary to return to Việt Nam and start a business at the age of 54 may be beyond most people.

Husbandry industry drives to industrialisation

The animal husbandry industry has set an average growth target of 4 to 5 per cent per year from 2020 to 2025, and 3-4 per cent in 2026-2030.