Thousands of kilometers of electrical and telecommunications cables have been buried underground in HCM City as part of a project that began nearly 10 years ago.

For more than 17 years, surgeon Robert Gordon Veith has travelled more than 10,000 kilometres from his home in Seattle, the US, to Vietnam.

Water hyacinth is a popular plant in rural Vietnam. It easily grows on water and floats where the water runs and has flowers through four seasons.

Meticulously wrapping a white linen scarf around her head, adjusting a silver necklace, Ly Thi Mai made the final touches before joining her friends.

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.

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.

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.

Four children aged 5-7 in Khanh Hoa Province drowned on Wednesday in a pond, a local newspaper reported.

Police in Huong Son District, Ha Tinh Central Province have charged three people for causing a forest fire.

Doctors at Thong Nhat Hospital in HCM City are applying a new shockwave therapy technique to treat patients with ischemic heart disease.

Having fished offshore since he was a young man, Le Van Thanh has always had a strong connection to the sea.

The HCM City Department of Health plans to set up more satellite emergency stations at public and private hospitals around the city to meet the increasing need for emergency assistance at people’s homes and other locations outside medical facilities.

Two flight attendants working for Vietnam Airlines on a flight from HCM City to Hanoi on July 12 found a laptop and US$13,000 in a laptop bag left on the plane after passengers left.

On Monday, Nguyen Thi Lien left hospital and went home with her newborn baby.

Hanoi’s Police Department raided more than 20 bars and pubs in the Old Quarter area at midnight on Monday, seizing nearly 10,000 funky balls and dozens of nitrous oxide tanks.

Nguyen Doan Tu, director general of the General Department of Population and Family Planning, under the Ministry of Health, talks to Vietnam News Agency on what Viet Nam should do to narrow the gap in birth rate between different regions.

A Vietnamese academic, Hanh Nguyen, has won the 2019 Regulating for Decent Work Prize from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for her study of the conditions of female migrant workers in Myanmar’s garment factories.

Disruptive change is leading to the re-regulation of work and employment around the world, including in Vietnam, Gregor Murray of the University of Montreal in Canada, said.