At least 20 patients and a nurse have been killed in a fire at a hospice in Janseong county, South Korea.

The Hanoi Department of Health is stepping up measures to prevent the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus from entering the country via Noi Bai International Airport.

 Another baby dies from measles; Vietnamese students win physics prizes; Two die in motorbike accident; Pharmacist admits to medicine theft; Ha Noi, Bac Ninh tackle deadly fires

 Killer skin disease blamed on bad rice; Ha Noi encourages firms to sign up for insurance plans; Doctors warn of infectious diseases this summer; Dengue fever threat in Ha Noi; Search begins for man missing at sea

 At least five people have died in a fire that broke out in a five-storey karaoke bar in Ha Noi's Dong Da District last Saturday.

 A foreigner killed in rear-end collision in Tien Giang; Blaze ravages HCM City garbage ground; Southern farmers face drought; Over 23,000 workers sent abroad in Q1; Three arrested for drug trafficking from Laos

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Saturday afternoon, a raging fire with accompanying explosions in a parking lot on Ho Chi Minh City burned hundreds of motorbikes, bicycles and cars.

 Funeral held for Most Venerable Thich Tri Tinh; Blaze rips through 3000sq.m of wood; 58 passengers saved from stranded boat; Heat wave spreads across the north; Bomb left over from war found in garden

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rubbish in the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Zone was on fire; smoke and odors from this garbage dump spread to the inner city.

 Cold spell hits north, fog covers south; Ship with 260 on board rescued; Three dead and four injured in car crash; Authorities bust drug smuggling syndicate; Tunnel to be built in Hoan Kiem District; Nation put on bird flu alert

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local government agencies throughout the country have warned parents to pay close attention to the quality of toys they purchase to help prevent children from playing with dangerous things.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The entire S8 studio of the national Vietnam Television Station (VTV) in District 2, HCM City was burned. The cause was determined to be welding sparks.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The fire emitted from a coal seam at the Dong Vong mine of the Uong Bi Coal Company in Quang Ninh province on January 15 killed six people.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Fires broke out from a paint warehouse and spread rapidly, making an enterprise of thousands of square meters of a Korean company in the Yen Phong Industrial Zone collapse.

The fire at a 2-storey house specializing in making motorcycle saddles in Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province at 7pm, December 22 caused five deaths, including the elderly and children of the same family.

Nearly 2,600 fire and explosion cases occurred in Vietnam, claiming the lives of 124 people and injuring 349 others, 10 percent more than 2012, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

 Man burned when motorbikes collide; Province allocates VND15.5 billion to relocate residents; Boats seized for stealing sand in southern province; Illegal loggers caught in Ha Giang; HCM City hospital offers free health checks

 Coal lorry accident adds to traffic tally; Cooking hazard; Quang Ninh bans poison alcohol; Authorities reinforce HCM City dykes against rising tides; Private health clinics flout regulations

 VietNamNet Bridge - The fire broke out violently in a waste trading house at midnight on November 30, in the town of Long Binh, An Phu district of the southern province of An Giang, killing a couple and their 10-year-old daughter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Fire Fighting and Prevention Police will inspect all bars and dance halls throughout the country to ensure they are safe from fires.