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Int’l cooperation stimulates growth for HCM City’s health sector

International medical cooperation in Ho Chi Minh City has generated positive outcomes in recent years, contributing to improving the quality of medical services, protection, and care of people's health.

Southern Vietnam to face longer, more intense heat wave due to El Niño

The southern region, including HCM City, is expected to face a longer and more intense heat wave this year due to El Niño compared to previous years, according to weather experts.

First child to have foetal cardiac surgery discharged after delivery

The first ever Vietnamese baby to have foetal cardiac surgery was born healthy and discharged on Monday, Children’s Hospital 1 in HCM City said.

Biggest spring blood donation festival in Vietnam kicks off

The Xuan Hong (red spring) festival – the biggest annual blood donation campaign after the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration, kicked off in Hanoi on February 20, expecting to collect at least 8,000 units of blood.

Hanoi announces Public Administration Reform Index 2023

Hanoi on February 20 announced the 2023 Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index of its departments, department-level agencies, and People’s Committees of districts, with the Department of Home Affairs and Dong Da district taking the lead.

Engineer spends 10 years building schools in mountainous areas

Nguyen Binh Nam and his colleagues have built schools in some of the most difficult regions of Quang Nam, Quang Bình, Quang Ngai and Kon Tum provinces.

Farmer in Mekong Delta succeeds in exporting lemongrass

This is a promising new turning point for a very familiar plant often grown in the backyards of rural households in the Mekong Delta region.

Conditions ripe in Ben Tre Province for developing coconut industry

Ben Tre province is the country’s largest coconut producer, and exports US$300 million worth of coconut products annually.

Ministry warns of online Tet scams

Many people have fallen victim to increasingly sophisticated scams, which often target gullible, greedy or technologically illiterate people.

Vietnam to send 125,000 laborers abroad in 2024

To realise the target, the MoLISA will continue to improve the quality of workers sent abroad, and prioritise sending labourers from disadvantaged areas and policy beneficiaries overseas.

130,000 apartments more to be built for low-income earners this year

Vietnam is striving to build 130,000 apartments for low-income earners and workers in industrial parks this year in line with a Government Resolution issued in January 2024, said the Ministry of Construction.

HCM City’s libraries to get 5 million books by March 2025

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee will implement a programme that provides libraries across the city with up to five million books, both printed and e-books, from February 2024 to March 2025.

North-South express railway line project to be submitted to Politburo in March

The standing members of the Government have requested the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and relevant agencies to complete the North-South express railway line project to submit to competent authorities for consideration in a coulle of months.

Overseas students in HCMC impressed by traditional Tet

The traditional Tet holiday ( the Lunar New Year 2024) in Ho Chi Minh City has left Cambodian students with unforgettable impressions and memories.

Major drug trafficking ring busted in Binh Duong as 64kg of drugs seized

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department working alongside police forces in Binh Duong province have broken up a transnational drug trafficking ring from Cambodia to Vietnam, seizing more than 64kg of drugs of various kinds.

Hanoi to break ground on four bridges over the Red River in 2024

The capital city of Hanoi is scheduled to start construction on four more bridges spanning the Red River this year.

Creative man finding new uses for Vietnamese bananas trees

Bananas are easy to grow and care for, and have good yields in Việt Nam, but while most people only think of bananas as food, one man in Hà Nội is making them into handicrafts.

Positive changes seen in HCM City’s transport infrastructure development

The city has completed a number of major transport projects and is carrying out many ongoing traffic construction works.

Tan Son Nhat Airport welcomes the highest number of passengers during Tet

During the peak period of the 2024 Lunar New Year from January 26 to February 24, it is estimated that the airport will handle approximately 860-900 flights, and an average of around 135,000-140,000 passengers each day.

New ID card to add iris biometric, ADN, and voice information

The PM has requested that the Ministry of Public Security develop devices and seek technical solutions for collecting, exploiting, and using biometric information about iris, DNA, and the voice of citizens to be integrated into the new ID card.