About 70 per cent of synthetic drug addicts showed symptoms of mental disorders, could lose control and commit serious crimes including murder without any motive, a recent conference on drug addiction rehabilitation heard.

Weddings across the world are normally boozy affairs, and Vietnam is no exception.

The 10th Europe-Viet Nam Documentary Film Festival is taking place at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio in Hanoi and Hoa Sen University in HCM City from May 31 to June 9.

Doctors at the HCM City Oncology Hospital have been using 3D printing to create titanium-aluminum frames for bone grafts that can be used to reconstruct jaws for patients with head and neck cancers with malignant tumours in the lower jaw.

Vietnam won three gold medals at the on-going International Weightlifting Federation World Junior Championships in Suva, Fiji.

Farmers in Ben Tre Province’s Cho Lach District, the country largest fruit seedling producer, are using advanced techniques to produce higher-quality seedlings, mostly for durian, jackfruit, mango and rambutan plants.

The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee has urged agencies to speed up progress of major projects and select investors for waste treatment projects that use advanced technologies.

Le Tran Nguyen Hung, deputy head of the Department of Aquatic Resources Conservation and Development spoke about invasive species such as red-claw crayfish and freshwater lobster and the damage they could cause to agriculture sector.

When Pham Van Thu decided to sign papers to donate the organs of his brain-dead son two weeks ago, he did not think he would have to deal with disapproval from those around him.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for enhancing prevention and containment efforts in the fight against African swine fever (ASF).

The Mekong Delta has the highest rate of drowning in the country, particularly in Dong Thap Province, where the number of deaths due to drowning is 10 times higher compared to that of dengue fever and hand, foot and mouth disease combined.

The HCM City Department of Transport has informed the Dong Duong Group that the underground parking lot project awarded to it has been cancelled.

Property experts have urged HCM City to issue a special policy on new urban residential complexes to prevent the rampant and unsustainable development of residential projects.

On the morning of May 22, Nguyen Thi Lien, 28, sat on her bed at K Hospital in Hanoi surrounded by medical equipment awaiting surgery that afternoon.

71-year-old Ngo Thi Q. from Nguyen Thai Hoc Ward in Yen Bai City visited the city’s health centre for a medical examination in mid-May.

Hanoi had announced plans to reduce traffic jams in 33 hot spots, said Vu Van Vien, director of the municipal Department of Transport.

One person died and eight others were injured on Tuesday morning when a coach crashed off a bridge and into a river in Truong Lam Commune, Tinh Gia District in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

National Assembly deputies on Monday voted to focus on laws and policies to prevent and fight child abuse.

A container truck hit a section of a Song Duong Surface Water Plant pipeline in Gia Lam District, Hanoi in the early hours of on Monday.

When the drum sounds to signal break time, hundreds of students at Ky Xuan Primary School flock to the school yard which looks like a green park.