The Ministry of Health on Wednesday ordered the HCM City Department of Health to investigate the deaths of two people soon after cosmetic surgeries at private clinics.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport will quickly fix shortcomings related to collecting fees at Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations in the country.

With demand for sand for construction rising even as prices are skyrocketing, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Dinh Dung has recommended the use of other materials in construction in place of natural sand.

When it comes to social housing or affordable housing for low-income earners, funding is usually a key factor in such projects. However, once the projects are completed, problems in planning, investment management 

The environment ministry has agreed not to dump nearly one million cubic metre of waste mud discarded by a power plant into Binh Thuan Province’s sea following public outcry against the plan.

Many roads and pavements in HCM City have again been encroached by illegal parking areas and street vendors after city authorities halted their campaign to clear the pavements 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Binh Dan Hospital in HCM City have performed the country’s first robotic surgery on a liver cancer patient.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked concerned organisations to investigate two consecutive breakdowns in which a train was derailed twice at Yen Vien Railway Station 

An abstract painting exhibition by artist Tran Nhat Thang, titled Mien Thanh Than (Serenity), has opened on 16 Trang Tien, in the capital city, marking Thang’s return after nearly 10 years. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-two sculptures in the themes of youth and love are on display at an exhibition in HCM City’s Van Thanh Tourist Park.

Humane Society International - Viet Nam (HSI - Viet Nam) is calling on the South African government to honour its commitment to protect rhinos by refusing permits for an auction of rhinoceros horns.

On the sidelines of the recently concluded Graduate Fashion Week that featured 21 collections by students of the Ha Noi-based London College for Design & Fashion (LCDF), 

Nguyen Van Duc, a volunteer with a dengue-fever prevention team in District 12’s Hiep Thanh Ward, takes a walk around his residential quarter three times a week with a handheld loudspeaker, calling on residents ...

The Ha Noi Police Department has proposed to move the Ha Noi Railway Station and all the inter-provincial rail tracks to the suburbs to avoid traffic congestion and fatal accidents in the inner city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only around 10 per cent of patients infected with hepatitis C can afford treatment costs because the medications are expensive and not covered by medical insurance,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Consuming magic mushrooms has emerged as the latest trend among Vietnamese youth who are into mind-altering substances.

The director of the National Eye Bank, Dr Nguyen Huu Hoang, has strongly condemned the recent trend of sending children to “eye-training centres” and “yoga practice for eyes” as exploiting parents’ desire ...

The HCM City Department of Taxation has said it has put tamper-proof seals on fuel pumps in seven petrol stations in District 1 and will cover the rest of the district besides Districts 3, 4, 5, and 10 by August 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officers may have colluded in the disappearance of 213 containers full of electric appliances, electronics and other goods, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam is believed to have the best chance ever to win a gold medal at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia.