Public hospital services and products in 16 provinces and cities have become 18% more expensive since the middle of August, as patients pay for health staff’s basic salaries.

VOV.VN -The national Robocon team from Lac Hong University has departed for Thailand to compete at – ABU Robocon 2016 – set for August 21 at the Sports Authority Stadium in Bangkok.

Public preschools and primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to recruit enough teachers to meet enrolment this year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Two foreign pilots were detained at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport on August 19 for trafficking a substance suspected of being narcotics. 

VOV.VN - A fascinating exhibition has opened on August 19 at the Vietnam People’s Public Security Museum on Tran Binh Trong Street in Hanoi honouring the heroic tradition of the nation’s public security officers.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese students were awarded four medals in informatics at the 28th International Olympiad recently held at Yakutsk, Russia, according to the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training.

Police of Yen Bai province late on August 18 commenced legal proceeding against an extremely serious shooting that killed two senior officials of the northern mountainous locality. 

VOV.VN - When economic reforms were initiated in 1986, shifting to a more open market economy in line with World Trade Organization guidelines, Vietnam quickly became one of the globe’s chief sources of abundant and cheap labour. 

 A Green Market on the theme of eco-space and recycling will take place in Hanoi on August 21.

Scholars and experts have met at an online roundtable at VietNamNet recently to discuss the thorny issue of attracting Vietnamese overseas talent.

The northern province of Quang Ninh is bracing for storm Dianmu, the third of its kind this year, as it is moving nearer to the mainland, bringing torrential rain.

Storm Dianmu, the third of this year, is forecast to roll into the coast from northern Haiphong city to Ninh Binh province at around 10 am of August 19, with the strongest winds of 75-100km per hour. 

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, said it has canceled ten domestic flights as from August 19 as tropical storm Dianmu, the third of its kind to hit the country so far this year, is approaching near.

More and more companies in Vietnam have shown advancements in the human resources field, and “are on their way to be change agents with disruptive HR management strategies and policies,” according to Edward Foong, an HR expert in the Southeast Asia region.

Beware DUI drivers: driving your motorbike after downing a few beers might cost you US$800, in accordance with a new law stipulating stricter penalties for drunk drivers that came into effect this month.

VOV.VN - After the success of the August Revolution in 1945, President Ho Chi Minh converted and persuaded a large number of intellectuals and talented people who had served the old regime, including the abdicated Emperor Bai Dao, to work for the revolutionary government.

Pokemon Go players have been urged not to play the game in areas near Party and State agencies or military sites to stop players affecting national security and social order.

Authorities of central Ninh Thuan province and the Dutch Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18 signed an agreement on building a system of collecting, treating and reusing wastewater in Phan Rang city. 

The Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (Vusta) on August 18 transferred one Malayan bear weighing 50 kilograms to the Tam Dao Bear Rescue Centre. 

It is time for Vietnam to implement the 4G LTE network to meet customers’ rising demand for high-speed data services, according to telecom experts. 

More youth involvement is necessary in making policies that affect young people’s life, participants said at a seminar on August 18 on a draft plan to implement the national strategy on youth development, second phase (2016-2020). 

The Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) and Vietnam Television (VTV) launched a scholarship programme in Hanoi on August 18.

The Trade Union of the central province of Quang Nam has signed an agreement with its Lao counterpart from Champasak province at a ceremony in the Vietnamese locality on August 18, aiming to promote cooperation between the two agencies in 2016-2020.

VOV.VN - A delegation of volunteers from the Phuot Group have made a 1,200 km journey to gift in excess of 100 lights to needy children and their families in the provinces of Binh Thuan, Dak Lak, and Ninh Thuan.

The two victims of the shooting in the northern province of Yen Bai died at Yen Bai General Hospital on August 18, according to a news conference held by the province on the same day

VOV.VN - On August 18, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center to make the most possible accurate forecasts and warnings of any storm and its aftermaths amidst the storm Dianmu’s complicated developments.

VOV.VN - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced it will continue to partner with the Ministry of Health to build a sustainable system for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in Vietnam.

Vietnam needs to increase its funding for promoting tourism to realise its target of doubling the figures for international tourists as well as revenue by 2020, according to Forbes. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made a trip to the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on August 18 following a shooting targeting two local leaders the same day.

Hundreds of relic sites in Hanoi suffer from serious degradation and need prompt repair, but the estimated costs amounting to trillions of dong surpass the city’s financial capacity.