The Ministry of Health has not totally banned the use of spinal block while doing a cesarean section, the prohibition applies only to several specific cases.

 The daughter of a couple who immigrated from Vietnam in the 1980s, Dao Quynh Trang, has graduated from a Russian high school in the province of Pskov with the highest grades.

 The second Cai Rang Floating Market Culture and Tourism Festival kicked off in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 7.

 The development of a start-up ecology at universities and localities is among the topics being discussed at an international workshop that opened in the Ho Chi Minh City-based Hoa Sen University on July 7.

 Vietnam’s participation in the G20 Summit in Germany on July 7-8 at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Markel demonstrates the international recognition of the country’s role and contributions to the global development.

Hanoi’s Industry and Trade Department has proposed to build automatic car wash systems at 67 filling stations as a measure to curb air pollution in the city. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has green-lighted Ho Chi Minh City’s proposal to spend almost $3 billion raised from equitisation of State-owned companies and sale of their stakes in non-core business for social development.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade on July 6 worked with petrol wholesalers on the roadmap to replace RON 92 petrol with E5 bio-fuel from 2018.

 The adoption of the first-ever global treaty to ban nuclear weapons at the recent United Nations conference has great historical, ethical and legal meaning,a Vietnamese diplomat has said.

 Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will visit the Netherlands from July 9-11.

 A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army attended the Chiefs of Defence Conference on United Nations peacekeeping in New York, the US, on July 6-7.

 Deputy PM discusses environmental agenda, Town of Cho Lau gets new water drainage system, Instruction emphasises stricter management of private clinics, Long An pledges help for Taiwan firms

 During the Vietnam-Germany Business Forum held in Berlin on July 6, Vietnamese and German enterprises signed 28 cooperation agreements worth over $1.7 billion.

VietNamNet Bridge - The resort market segment in Hanoi remains untapped and awaits strong investments.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnam Tourism Association (VTA) held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 8 to honour leading tourism businesses in 2017.

Khang Quoc Tuan, the director of  tourism in Hai Duong Province once told us that “ Hai Duong has not much, but we have our hearts with which to welcome all of you”. 

Coal-fired power plants remain prioritized in the context when Vietnam has a vital need for an increasing amount of power for national development. However, coal-fired power plants pose high risk of environmental pollution.

VietNamNet Bridge - As CBU (complete built unit) car imports have become cheaper than ever and regulations have been loosened on import control, Vietnam could turn into a dumping ground for low-tech, low-quality cars.

 The world's top medical technology companies are turning to robots to help with complex knee surgery, promising quicker procedures and better results in operations that often leave patients dissatisfied.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Earlier this month, the Environment Minister said “we can’t dump waste into the sea.”

Nguyen Tuan Hoang is not only one of the five top scorers on the high school entrance exams with 18.75 of 20 score, but also placed first on the entrance exam to mathematics major class of the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted. 

Deputy PM orders tightening of public spending, HCMC to seal fuel pump meters to curb tax losses, Hi-tech agriculture encounters multiple obstacles, Ministries urged to facilitate trade

The foreign retail brands which have entered the Vietnamese market recently are all powerful and experienced, but it is too early to say who will thrive.

 The race for 4G plan rollouts has been growing intense since VinaPhone and MobiFone launched new attractive data plans at unchanged fees.

To most people, insects are a pest to be shooed out of the house of squashed underfoot. To a group of four young entrepreneurs from Da Nang’s University of Economics however, creepy crawlies are a good source of nutrition.