VOV.VN - Since the beginning of this year the country has recorded a total of 13,746 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), an increase of 2.5 times compared to the same period from 2023, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of health.

VOV.VN - Digital transformation is a key task and a breakthrough in implementing socio-economic development targets, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed while chairing the eighth meeting of the National Committee on Digital Transformation held on April 24 in Hanoi.

The Vietnam National Mekong Committee (VNMC) on April 23 held a consultation workshop on Cambodia’s proposed Funan-Techo canal project which has raised concerns about potential impacts on the Mekong river.

VOV.VN - Fireworks are set to illuminate the skies over six venues across the capital from 9 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. on October 10 as a way of marking its 70th Liberation Day, as decided on April 23 by the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - Since the beginning of the year the nation has recorded a total of 29 deaths from rabies across 17 provinces and cities, a figure double compared to the same period from last year, according to the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.

Experts have said that air pollution has had an incalculable impact on public health and the economy, with cases of cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses increasing yearly.

A pre-deployment training course for captains and technicians of the mine action for the Republic of Korea (RoK) - Vietnam Peace Village project was opened in Hanoi on April 22.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on April 21 started legal proceedings against and issued arrest and house search warrants to Pham Thai Ha, deputy head of the National Assembly (NA) Office and Assistant to the NA Chairman, on charges of abusing position and power for personal gains.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan attended a ceremony in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 22 to launch the National Humanitarian Month 2024.

VOV.VN - A series of cannons from the nation’s artillery force have been showcased at the Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum for a grand ceremony on May 7 to mark 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonialists (May 7, 1954 – May 7, 2024).

VOV.VN - Seven workers were killed and three other were injured in a work-related accident at a cement plant in Yen Bai province, northern Vietnam, on April 22.

VOV.VN -Significant damage has been reported throughout several northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam following recent spells of heavy rain and thunderstorms.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has diagnosed a 10-year-old girl as the capital’s first measles patient this year.

VOV.VN - Breakthrough policies are needed to develop human resources for the semiconductor industry that gives Vietnam a positive outlook in the future, said officials while examining a draft master plan on human resources development for the semiconductor industry, held on April 22 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - A Chinese national was killed in a multi-car collision in the southern province of Tien Giang on April 22.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese astronomy lovers will have the chance to watch the Lyrids meteor shower as it reaches its peak between nightfall and dawn from April 22 to April 23 (local time).

VOV.VN - A delegation of nearly 70 Vietnamese expatriates returning from more than 20 countries and territories on April 21 paid homage to Hung Kings, the founders of the Vietnamese nation, in the northern midland province of Phu Tho, marking the death anniversary of the Kings.

VOV.VN - North-South passenger and freight trains have been allowed to run again through Bai Gio tunnel in central Vietnam at reduced speed since landslides occurred inside the tunnel, disrupting North-South rail service eight days ago.

VOV.VN - During the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954, Lung Lo pass was one of the vital routes for transporting troops, weapons, and food to the front.

VOV.VN - The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has just delivered the first batch of 500,000 doses of 5-in-1 DPT-HBV-Hib vaccine to Pasteur Institutes across the country to address vaccine shortages for the National Expanded Programme on Immunization.

VOV.VN - A cave with underground water flowing inside and many beautiful natural stalactites has been discovered in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa.

VOV.VN - Thunderstorms accompanied by hail struck several districts of Hanoi capital on April 20 evening.

VOV.VN - Nine people were injured in a head-on collision between a minivan and a tanker truck carrying building materials in Dien Bien province on April 20.

VOV.VN - A tour guide and two foreign tourists were severely injured after a collision between a boat carrying foreign tourists and a passenger ferry on the Tien River of Tien Giang province, southern Vietnam, on April 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked village elders and chiefs, skilled artisans and reputable citizens to make greater efforts to preserve and promote tangible and intangible cultural heritage, which is the quintessence and core value of the nation.

VOV.VN - All 22 passengers and the driver have managed to escape a bus after it caught fire on an expressway running across Long Thanh district of Dong Nai province, on April 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has achieved steady progress in realising its vision of innovation, technology and digital transformation, said Pauline Tamesis, UN resident coordinator, at a meeting in Hanoi on April 19 marking World Creativity and Innovation Day.

The Hanoi Association for Women Entrepreneurs (HNEW) and the Vietnamese Women Forum in Europe (VWFE) signed an agreement on April 18 on cooperation to enhance the role, position and contributions of Vietnamese women in socio-economic areas.

The second forum of rectors of Russian and Vietnamese universities took place at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MGU) on April 18.

The overseas Vietnamese (OVs) communities in Thailand and Israel have held events to commemorate Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nation.