Major economic hubs of big cities and provinces nationwide have announced ambitious multi-billion dollar projects to become smart cities, well-equipped to take advantage of opportunities presented by the digital age.

Tax payers are claiming they should not have to pay an entry fee for airports and terminals given the fact that airport investors do not have to pay land taxes.

Costs have been cut for 70 healthcare services at hospitals and clinics nationwide following a circular that took effect on Sunday. Patients will now pay anything from 5 to 50 percent less for dozens of services.

Construction of two underground parking lots in Trống Đồng Centre and Lê Văn Tám Park will start in the fourth quarter of this year, according to the HCM City’s Department of Transport.

Typhoon Sơn Tinh – the third typhoon to hit the East Sea this year – was forecast to make landfall in provinces from Thái Bình to Quảng Bình last night with wind speeds near its eye reaching 74km per hour.

The Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long’s steering committee for social, health and unemployment insurance on Tuesday (July 17) instructed local authorities to promote the benefits of health insurance and reach at least 81 per cent coverage by year-end.  

A one-year management training course for around 200 women who run small enterprises has just been completed under a project run by Tình Thương One Member Limited Liability Microfinance Institution and the New York-based Citi Foundation.

Hundreds of residents from Quy Nhơn in the central province of Bình Định have been setting up blockades over the past two days along a section of Highway 1A to prevent dust-billowing lorries from passing through Bùi Thị Xuân Ward .

Nine people were injured on Tuesday when a tuk tuk overturned on the way to Quan Lạn Island in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.

Typhoon Sơn Tinh – the third typhoon attacking the East Sea this year is predicted to make its landfall on provinces from Thái Bình to Hà Tĩnh on Wednesday night with the strongest wind near its eye reaching 75km per hour.

The Forest Protection Department of Đồng Nai Province has asked permission from the province’s People Committee to erect more electric fence systems to resolve conflicts among residents and elephants in the area.  

The central province would close or remove the polluted cement plant in Bình Đông commune in Bình Sơn district if the plant’s managing board does not take any measure to improve the quality of air and dust emission in the coming time.

The health care system of traditional Vietnamese medicine has been expanded, with 58 out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide having traditional medicine hospitals, participants heard at a workshop yesterday in Hà Nội.

Provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are taking measures to prevent the spread of swine flu A/H1N1 in the region.

An earthquake, measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale, hit the district of Nam Trà My in the central province of Quảng Nam around 7am yesterday morning (July 17), but no damage or casualties were reported.

Police of Hanoi's Hoan Kiem district handed over Chong Hyun Chul, a man wanted by South Korea and Interpol, to South Korea's police for illegally doing business and illegally examining and treating patients in a medical setting.  

A tropical low-pressure system has gained strength and become a tropical storm as of Tuesday morning.

Taxis that calculate fares via apps like Grab would be required to place a lightbox with the words “Electronic Taxi” on their car, while contract-based cars that drive for Grab and similar companies would need a lightbox that says “Electronic Contract-based Vehicle” under a proposal by the Ministry of Transport.  

Hà Nội’s Department of Health has officially provided comprehensive information about the delivery of two new-borns to the wrong parents at Ba Vì District’s General Hospital six years ago, a case which has drawn public attention in recent days.

Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân on July 16 spoke with families who have been affected by the Thủ Thiêm new urban area project, some of whom have refused to move and others who have resettled in Bình Khánh Ward.