The police in the central city of Hue on September 25 arrested a dematologist of the Hue Central Hospital for sexually assaulting a nurse.

A total of 70 vocational schools are expected to be recognised as high-quality establishments during the 2025-2030 period, with at least five satisfying the standards set by the group of developed nations (G20).

The transport ministry announced on Monday they would cancel open international bidding for eight projects of the North-South expressway, in favour of homegrown investors.

Le Bach Hong, former deputy minister of labour, invalids and social affairs and former general director of Viet Nam Social Security (VSS), was sentenced to six years in prison by the Ha Noi People’s Court yesterday.

Vietnamese women arrested after attempting to sell newborn in China

Most industrial parks in the country, including in the southern key economic zone, lack sufficient housing for workers, Phan Van Anh, vice chairman of Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, said yesterday.

An elderly couple in HCM City have decided to donate their assets worth a total VND100 billion (USD4.34 million) to orphaned children.

Government inspectors will review the use of health insurance fund, the procurement of medical equipment and consumables and bidding for supplying medicines.

The Ministry of Transport has sought the Government’s approval to seek investors for the HCM City-Moc Bai Expressway.

Police in Hanoi City reported on Tuesday they had fined a GrabCar driver VND1.5 million (US$65) for ripping off foreign tourists.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has added chickenpox, mumps and rubella to the list of infectious diseases capable of rapid transmission and potentially fatal.

Up to between 300,000-350,000 abortions were carried out in Vietnam every year, the highest amount in Asia.

Many hospitals in the southern region are worried about a shortage of hydroxyethyl starch used intravenously to treat shock caused by dengue fever even as the disease has entered its peak season.

The former general director of Viet Nam Pharma Joint Stock Company (VN Pharma), the mastermind behind the import of fake medicine for cancer treatment, yesterday pleaded guilty at the second-instance trial

Doctors at Thong Nhat Hospital in HCM City have removed a retroperitoneal tumour weighing 2.4kg protruding from the abdomen of a 40-year-old man from Tan Binh District.

Vietnamese pianists win Putra International Piano Competition 2019 awards

DNA testing might be common on English TV programmes like The Jeremy Kyle Show, but in Vietnam, it seems its livestock queuing up to find out if the baby is theirs.

Police in Ha Tinh Province have busted an online football betting ring with total transactions easily reaching up to VND3 trillion (US$130.4 million).

The People’s Court of HCM City on September 24 opened the first-instant trial on 12 people accused in the “trading in fake goods being curative medicines” case at the Vietnam Pharma JSC (VN Pharma).

A number of provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta facing serious erosion along rivers and coastal areas are taking measures to protect the land and people in the area.