The Drug Administration of Việt Nam, under the Ministry of Health, has decided to withdraw 11 drugs containing N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) beyond permitted levels that potentially cause cancer.

Staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 field Hospital No. 2 is scheduled to be sent to South Sudan from November 13-26 to assume the tasks their peers of Hospital No. 1 are performing within the UN peacekeeping mission in the African country.

AICA Kogyo Co., a Japanese manufacturer of chemicals and housing materials, said on October 4 it will buy two Vietnamese synthetic material makers at a total cost of about 980 million JPY (9.2 million USD).

The 12th Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia is scheduled to take place in Hanoi from October 28 to 31.

Myanmar authorities seized over 1.28 million stimulant tablets worth over 2.57 billion kyats (1.7 million USD) in the northwestern Sagaing region, said the country’s Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control on October 4.

High tides, dykes and land subsidence are causing serious flooding in urban areas in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, according to Nguyen Huu Thien, an expert on the Delta's ecosystem.

Luong Xuan Truong was left out of the 25-player Vietnam squad named by head coach Park Hang-seo Friday (October 4) for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Malaysia (Oct. 10) and Indonesia (Oct. 15).

Low and late floods have further worsened saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta region, heard a workshop held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on October 4.

Despite Government limitations on raw mineral exports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) says help is on hand for local enterprises.

A woman in the central province of Quang Binh has been fined by police for spreading ‘fake news’ on her Facebook page.

The National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs continued its meeting on Thursday on the implementation of autonomy at public hospitals.

Since issuing corporate bonds has become easy thanks to open regulations, it is necessary to tighten control over bond issuance.

Steel company plans to switch bourse

Vietnam has recently found cases of foreign enterprises falsely labelling their products as originating in Vietnam to illegally benefit from the free trade agreements (FTAs) the country is a member of and avoid trade defence mechanisms.

Among the sounds of hammers and steel-cutting machines, 50-year-old Nguyen Ngoc Hong, a worker of Pha Rung Shipyard Company in Hai Phong City, puts a vessel through final tests after construction has been completed.

This show makes a record in all of VNOB history when tickets are sold out one month prior to show day.

The employee turnover rate has been on the rise in the last three years, reaching an alarming rate of 24 per cent this year, according to a report from the human resource consultancy Anphabe.

Vietnam has huge energy needs while the US, with is abundance, is seeking to boost energy diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific region.

Around half a million indebted Polish homeowners have won their fight to be freed from crippling Swiss franc mortgages.

There are over 50 universities in the country that provide majors related to human health, including 10 specialized schools that have only health related faculties.