Experts say violations in the construction field are still rampant in the capital city of Hà Nội, despite a new management regime intended to reduce the number of people on the State payroll while creating district-level inspection task forces.

Việt Nam has abundant labour resources but many enterprises in the country say they cannot recruit a sufficient number of skilled workers, and as a result, cannot expand production activities. 

Two fishermen in the central province of Nghệ An are reportedly in a coma after inhaling toxic fumes from a fish storage cabin on Saturday.

Although progress has been made in tobacco control, more efforts are needed on anti-tobacco measures and reduction of deaths related to smoking in Việt Nam.

The Ministry of Health has agreed to further co-operation with the Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and signed other agreements at the 71st World Health Assembly, which runs from May 21 to 26 in Geneva (Switzerland), Vietnam News Agency reported.

One person was killed and another injured after scaffolding collapsed in Nam Định Province yesterday.

Another medical centre will be built on Phan Vinh island (Pearson Reefs) in the island district of Trường Sa (Spratly), the central province of Khánh Hòa.

A serious crash between a lorry and passenger bus on the Hà Nội-Bắc Giang National Highway Expressway yesterday noon left two deaths and six injuries, adding to an already high number of traffic accidents over the weekend.

Lawmakers express their concerns over several issues plaguing the Vietnamese society in current times including corruption, solutions to immigration, addressing child abuse and school violence in today morning session of the ongoing National Assembly (NA)’s plenary meeting.

The 2.01km-long cable-stayed Cao Lãnh Bridge linking Cao Lãnh City and Lấp Vò District in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp officially opened to traffic last Sunday (May 27).

The licences of some 1,225 transport entities in Hà Nội have been revoked, reported Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper. 

In just two weeks, 9th grade students all over the country will take part in the high school entrance exam, which is considered by many to be as important as the university entrance exam.  

HCM City will open an additional 17 high-quality bus routes beginning from July 1, increasing the total number of high-quality bus routes to 20.

The Sóc Trăng border guards seized more than 50,000 litres of diesel in the territorial waters, some 28 nautical miles off the coast of the Mekong Delta province, on Thursday.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday proposed a ban on beer advertisement besides liquor advertisement like present.

The collection of indirect taxes in Việt Nam is forecasted to increase in the coming time while direct taxes is predicted to account for a smaller proportion, according to a Fair Tax Monitor Index report released by Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) yesterday.

The application of the economic watering model has helped increase productivity by 10-15 per cent and reduced the cost of labourers as well.

Nearly 900 irrigation systems in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên will be reinforced in preparation for the flood season to come.

The relatives of nine victims who died due to contaminated dialysis machines asked a court on Monday to acquit one of the defendants in the case.