Dozens of doctors at public hospitals in the southernmost province of Ca Mau have resigned in recent years because of modest salaries, the provincial Department of Health has said.

With the EU – Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) signed late last month, Vietnam will have the opportunity to gain further access to the market of 28 European Union member countries as well as global markets.

Calls for insider traders to be dealt with criminally

Associate Professor Dr Phung Chi Sy, Director of the Environmental Technology Centre (ENTEC), speaks to the newspaper Nhân Dân (People) on the need to have good criteria for sanitation in all Vietnamese landfills.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee on July 19 decided to issue a disciplinary warning against former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh.

Vietnam has demanded China to immediately end violations and withdraw all vessels from her waters, respect her sovereign right and jurisdiction, for the sake of the bilateral relations and for peace and stability in the region.

Baby turtles (Cheloniidae) hatched from eggs that had been moved to a beach in the Cham Islands' Marine Protected Area (MPA) were released into the ocean last weekend by the MPA's management board.

FK Sarajevo, one of the leading clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will send its U21 team to compete in the annual U21 International Football Tournament hosted by Thanh Niên Newspaper.

Vietnam are in a tricky group for the AFF Futsal Championship in HCM City on October 21-27.

The south central province of Binh Dinh is experiencing its most serious drought in the last 15 years, with 4,000 households and 3,400ha of crops lacking water.

The embalmed body of the late President Ho Chi Minh is in great condition and has been well-preserved, the State-level medical scientific council said during a working session with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on Thursday.

A 103-strong contingent from Vietnam yesterday took part in the opening ceremony of the 11th ASEAN Schools Games in Semarang, Indonesia.

An inter-sectoral conference was held in Hanoi on Thursday to review preparation work of the deployment of the level-2 field hospital No. 2 to replace the No. 1 currently operational in the war-torn African country, South Sudan.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has recently issued a draft decree on regional minimum wage increase in 2020. Accordingly, wage hike will range from VND 150,000 to VND 240,000.

A UNESCO-recognized geopark in the northern province of Cao Bang has been listed among 50 best views in the worldin the world by U.S. news site Insider.

Ministry asked to speed up public investment disbursement

Former Chairman of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) Tran Bac Ha died on Thursday at the age of 63 after a long illness.

As many as 20 districts and 539 administrative units at communal and ward levels will be streamlined under a plan of rearrangement of administrative units, said Phan Van Hung, the Ministry of Home Affairs' Local Administration head.

Discharging water from the West Lake into the To Lich River swept away good micro-bacteria created by nano-bioreactor panels which were put into To Lich River two months ago, according to the Japan Environment and Trade Promotion Organisation.

Traffic police have kick-started a nationwide campaign to inspect coaches, passenger cars, container trucks and motorbikes in an effort to prevent serious accidents.