The city’s environment quality has become a bigger worry for residents due to heavy pollution caused by wastewater, dust, noise and solid waste, said Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Council.

 Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has requested investors of waste treatment facilities to let local residents come and inspect next month, said Le Van Khoa, the city’s vice chairman.

 The average Internet speed in Vietnam has risen to 9.5 megabit per second (Mbps) to take the 58th spot in the world rankings, according to a report by content delivery network service provider Akamai.

A new training programme to improve the quality of healthcare employees will be set up by the Ministry of Health in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Training and Ministry of Labour, Invalids ...

 The big-ticket North-South Expressway project is not on the agenda of the National Assembly at its ongoing session in Hanoi.

 More than 8,400 households in HCMC have been made vulnerable to floods by environment cleanup and road upgrade projects.

 Vietnam’s steel export has grown a strong 35% in the first five months of this year but such robust growth may induce protectionist actions by overseas markets, said the Vietnam Steel Association.

It is golden time for transfering tradition television to internet television, said Internet TV Phan Thanh Gian, managing director of Clip TV at a recent seminar.

 The fashion show titled “Away We Wow - Things we do for love" featuring latest designs by Adrian Anh Tuan will take place in  Ho Chi Minh City on June 18.

 The third Vietnam Junior Fashion Week will be held at Gamuda Gardens in Hanoi on June 16-18.

Preschool students in disadvantaged areas will get tuition fee exemption from 2018 as per new policies of Vietnam.

 Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien proposed to change medical insurance pledging no more overloaded hospitals from 2020.

 Ho Chi Minh City needs to mobilize VND128 trillion (US$5.64 billion) from now until 2020 for development investment, reported the Department of Planning and Investment yesterday.

A delegation of the National Committee for Search and Rescue arrived on Phu Quy Island, the south central province of Binh Thuan, on June 14 to direct the rescue of a foreign cargo vessel stranded near the island. 

Locals and tourists in Hanoi will have the opportunity to taste different cuisines during a food festival at the Octagon House near Ly Thai To flower garden from June 16-17.

Veteran sculptor Ta Quang Bao was recently honoured at the 2016 Ho Chi Minh Awards for Literature and the Arts for his endless contributions to the country’s development of the arts. 

 CEG Music Festival 2017 (CMF 2017) will take place from July 29 to August 6, promising to offer a professional art playground with a series of art activities.

 Doctors at Hanoi-based Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital have successfully performed surgery on a child patient with a giant internal carotid artery aneurysm, a rare case in Vietnamese medicine.

Nguyen Viet Tien, Deputy Minister of Health, speaks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about challenges the health sector faces when importing second-hand high tech medical equipment.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Viet Nam’s A-listed songstress Thu Minh will perform this month in Ha Noi for the first time in a concert called "Fire Phoenix".