The Central Highland province Dak Nong on August 8 declared a state of emergency to support recovery efforts for public works heavily damaged or badly impacted by the recent torrential rain and flooding.

The HCM City Department of Transport has proposed to fix an eroded embankment of nearly 500 metres along Thanh Đa Canal in Bình Thạnh District at a cost of VNĐ90 billion (US$3.8 million).

About 14 million people suffer from mental disorders in Vietnam, but the country has only 143 clinical psychologists and psychotherapists, the Suc khoe & doi song (Health & Life) newspaper reported.

Many Vietnamese have recently become victims of rings which fool them into going abroad, especially to Southeast Asian countries, to work as forced laborers. The scams seek people by posting information on Facebook, Wechat or Viber.

As many as 1,753 natural disasters hit Vietnam during the first seven months of the year, leaving 267 dead, 78 missing, and 291 injured, a conference of the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control heard on August 7.

After one day of trial, judges yesterday issued a sentence for Pham Duy Hung, the owner of a karaoke bar in Hanoi, where a fire in 2022 resulted in the death of three firefighters.

HCM City plans to add three more metro lines to connect Tan Son Nhat International Airport and the Can Gio Sea Encroachment Project to the national railway system, and two national railway stations in the city.

Many newspapers and websites in the Republic of Korea such as Newsis and Nnews on August 7 highlighted Vietnam’s first-ever export of vaccines against African swine fever (ASF).

When the number of elderly people increases rapidly, the burden on the shoulders of carers, especially children and grandchildren, becomes heavier.

Six districts in HCMC, covering a natural area of less than seven square kilometers and with a population of under 300,000 residents, will undergo re-arrangement in the next three years, as per the HCMC authorities’ plans.

The Ministry of Public Security issued a circular providing regulations on passports, laissez-passers, and forms of entry and exit that will take effect from August 15.

In recent years, many serious landslides have taken a heavy toll on people’s lives and property, cutting off arterial roads.

Vietnam is likely to face two or three tropical storms and depressions this month, with the northern and north-central regions forecast to be affected, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Asia-Japan Economic-Cultural Cooperation Center officially made its debut on August 6 in Osaka, Japan.

The northern region has been hit by prolonged heavy rain, resulting in severe landslides and flooding that claimed seven lives and three injuries, blocked numerous roadways, and caused significant damage to properties and infrastructure.

All the 45 Vietnamese people stranded due to landslides on a road linking Bolikhamxay province in central Laos with Ha Tinh province in central Vietnam have been rescued by Lao authorities.

Just after attending a training course that lasted a few months, a hairdresser said he could perform a filler injection for clients and handle any trouble that might occur during the process.

Despite its historical significance, the existence of Hoàn Kiếm district itself is recently being questioned. Many experts voiced their opinion on the matter, with most of them against the merger.

Intensive care and emergency units are always the busiest places at hospitals as they take care of patients in the most serious state.

Just after looking up his high school final exam scores, Bui Dinh Thang, born in 2005 in Duc Tho district of Ha Tinh province, was stunned when hearing that his mother would have to undergo a second surgery because of a malignant brain tumor.