The number of assaults against medical workers climbed to a record high last year, with 25 cases reported to the police. Hospital violence stayed in the headlines year-round, prompting both Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the National Assembly to voice concerns.

The supply, price and use of herbal medicines will be tightened by strengthening policies on quality assessment at medical facilities, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has stressed. 

Nguyen Hai An, 7, from Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem district, took her last breath on February 22. But before she passed away in her K Hospital sickbed, she and her mother agreed that she would give her cornea to people who could use it.

A get-together was held in Bologna city, Italy, on February 25 to celebrate the Lunar New Year with various traditional cultural activities imbued with Vietnam’s identity.

VOV.VN - Vietjet Air will officially shift their service of international flights from terminal 3 (T3) to terminal 4 (T4) at Changi Airport, Singapore as of March 6.

Youth organisations in cities and provinces across the country have launched various campaigns in response to the Month of Young People and the 2018 Traffic Safety Year. 

Training personnel, especially high-quality human resources, requires a comprehensive renovation in the context of the ongoing fourth industrial revolution, said Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Tran Tuan Anh. 

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has sent an official document to its chapters nationwide asking for giving up the practice of burning votive paper offerings at Buddhist worshiping establishments.

Vietnamese students in Toronto, Canada, have organised a music programme with the participation of nearly 300 overseas students studying in the city.

As many as 74 foreign and domestic scientists are gathering at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon city in Binh Dinh province to talk about planets beyond the solar system in a series of conferences that opened on February 26.

President Tran Dai Quang extended greetings to doctors, health workers of the health sector while attending a ceremony marking the 63rd anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27) held at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi on February 26.

Hundreds of electronics manufacturers in Vietnam are having difficulty recruiting labourers, said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

More than five tonnes of different fish species, the biggest volume ever, were released into the Hong (Red) River in the capital city of Hanoi on February 25, or 10th day of the Lunar New Year.

The Ministry of Public Security’s investigation police has issued an international wanted notice for a fugitive bank executive for fraudulence, illegally appropriating over US$10 million from a customer.

The permanent Vietnamese mission to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland held an early spring gathering on February 25. 

The People’s Committee of the central province of Binh Thuan is urging relevant agencies and investors to channel efforts to prevent environmental pollution caused by Vinh Tan Thermal Power Complex in the locality.

The Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned of a high risk of the return of avian influenza in Vietnam after the epidemic was put under control for a long period of time.

M1 Communication Limited Liability Company of the Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) has become one of the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) receiving permission to access leading mobile technologies of the US’s Qualcomm Inc. 

A trading office of Vietnam Prosperity Joint-Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) in the north-central province of Quang Binh was engulfed in flames on February 25.

The Himalayan rock salts is becoming more and more popular for its health benefits in the past recent years in Vietnam, attracting many buyers and profiting businesses.

A group of ships of the US navy will visit the central city of Da Nang from March 5 to 9 at the permission of the Vietnamese government. 

Vietnam’s national carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has recommended that prospective customers be wary of any offers of free plane tickets on the Internet.

A restaurant in Da Nang City has received complaints from a Vietnamese customer after it presented to the diner a bill written in Chinese in which the required payment far exceeded the correct cost.

Flights of the budget airline Vietjet Air from/to the northern localities including Nghe An’s Vinh city, Thanh Hoa, Hai Phong and Hanoi capital city were affected by unfavourable weather on February 25.

Many provinces and cities across Vietnam, on February 25, simultaneously held the annual New Year tree planting festival, initiated by the late President Ho Chi Minh in 1960.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has applauded Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital for its efforts to apply technical advancements in medical check-up and treatment, as well as its renovations in management, especially self-finance mechanism. 

 The authorities in Ho Chi Minh City held a meeting on February 24 with more than 170 representatives of local children at the outset of the 2018 lunar year.

The Government has issued a resolution to adjust the land use planning of northern Quang Ninh province until 2020.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised three students in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang for their honesty to give back a sum of VND40 million (about US$1,760) to its owner.

VOV.VN - This year, Vietnam’s social security policy focuses on improving human resources, increasing job opportunities, and fine-tuning labor institutions, all aimed at ensuring social welfare for all.