Vietnam is facing challenges of improving healthcare index and control, reported the Ministry of Health in its document to propose to build a law on disease prevention and control to the Ministry of Justice.

Many major infrastructure projects under HCMC’s traffic jam and accident reduction program are scheduled to implement this year but experts have expressed concern about funds for these projects amid currently limited capital resources.

 Hundreds of GrabTaxi and Uber drivers descended upon the two companies’ offices on January 15 to protest increases to the share going to the companies for every trip.

 With Vietnam planning to signigicantly increase its number of coal plants over the next decade, potentially posing great risks to the environment, international experts have advised the country to work on a cleaner path forward. 

 Six overseas investors are vying for majority stakes at state-owned PetroVietnam Oil Corporation, competing against two domestic bidders.

At the corner of Bach Mai Hospital’s lobby in Hanoi, relatives of patients shiver with every gust of wind, even under their thick blankets. The recent chill is making their time as hospital visitors even more difficult.

A scaffold suddenly collapsed at a construction site in Hanoi, leaving three dead and injuring three others.

 Defendants in the first-instance trial on several charges of wrongdoings at the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) had the final say on January 17 morning before the judging council deliberates the verdict.

 The 6,000th child with heart diseases has just received free surgery under a programme funded by VinaCapital Foundation, said CEO of the foundation Robin King Austin on January 16.

 Thousands of patients are facing a shortage of expensive Glivec and Tasigna anti-cancer drugs because of cumbersome procedures.

VietNamNet Bridge - As the land fund in HCMC has declined, fewer investors are interested in developing infrastructure projects under the BT (build-transfer) mode.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan and Youth and Sports Minister of Ukraine Igor Zhdanov signed an agreement on sports cooperation in Kiev on January 16.

 From the many cooking oils on a shelf at Co.opmart Dinh Tien Hoang supermarket, Nguyen Thanh Truc of District 1 has picked a 2l bottle of Co.opmart soya cooking oil.

 Fierce public objections about its proposal to impose value-added tax (VAT) on the transfer of land-use rights have forced the Ministry of Finance to shelve the move.

 Viet Nam experienced a relatively stable macroeconomic situation in 2017, in accordance with general global economic trends, but experts warned there will be obstacles to maintaining such momentum in the turbulent environment of 2018.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed a decision to form a working group to boost the formation of a special committee responsible for managing State capital at enterprises.

Viet Nam paid US$410 million for imported beef last year due to increasing demand, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Five big State-owned corporations will conduct IPOs in the first quarter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Bac Ha, former chairman of Viet Nam Bank for Investment and Development’s (BIDV) board of directors had yet to appear in court for the trial yesterday of Pham Cong Danh,

Chairman of the Parliament of Mongolia Miyegombo Enkhbold and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 20 to 23.