Eight patients died while undergoing kidney dialysis treatment at his hospital.

A group of 100 critically endangered doucs has shrunk to 20 since their habitat was destroyed.

The Bphone 2017, the next generation of the Vietnamese-made smartphone developed by Hanoi-based Bkav, is finally being released this month in its creator’s bid to turn the tide after the notorious failure of the phone’s maiden model in 2015.

The Hanoi Police on August 10 handed over Zhang Chuan Feng, from Shantou city, China’s Guangdong province, to China’s national police.

Con Co Island in the central province of Quang Tri will become the 11th island nationwide connected to the national power grid. 

 Six Vietnamese engineering students have been awarded fellowships to pursue master degrees at the US-based Arizona State University (ASU) as part of a plan to prepare skilled manpower for HCM City’s Smart City project.

A Japan-funded project on operating reservoirs in emergency and manage floods effectively using  a comprehensive disaster management platform was signed in the capital city of Hanoi on August 10. 

When it comes to social housing or affordable housing for low-income earners, funding is usually a key factor in such projects. However, once the projects are completed, problems in planning, investment management and efficiency tend to crop up.

A 62 year-old sailor who went into coma while working on Panamanian ship Oriental Jade received timely treatment in the central coastal city of Nha Trang after he was taken ashore by the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on August 9.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai has said he hopes the Baha’i religious community of Hanoi will continue to maintain good relations with local authorities.

VOV.VN - A 25-year-old man died today (August 10) after his motorbike collided with a semi-tractor at an intersection near the Tan Binh Industrial Zone in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Officials at the Centre for Preventive Medicine announced Thursday, August 10, that the dengue fever virus is no longer being locally transmitted in large swaths of the capital city of Hanoi.

A water supply development programme, including 11 projects invested by Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco), will be implemented in HCM City to supply clean water for all households.

Traffic culture among Vietnamese youths is the theme of a national film festival on traffic safety launched on August 9 by the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Department of Traffic Police and Toyota Motors Vietnam in Hanoi.

The Saigon International Services Company (Saigon Inserco) held a ceremony on August 9 to inaugurate a centre training Japanese language for labourers who wish to work in Japan.

With the increasing popularity of e-wallets, more foreign money is being poured into the business field. 

VOV.VN - No Vietnamese people were reported injured or dead from the earthquake in Sichuan, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in China.

The People’s Court of outlying My Duc district of Hanoi on August 8 pronounced sentences at the first instance trial on law violations regarding land management in the district’s Dong Tam commune.

A ceremony to sign a project on improving Hanoi’s capacity of managing water drainage works took place in the capital city on August 9. 

Representatives of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence and Air Defense - Air Force signed a deal on August 9 to hand over 12.7 hectares of land to the Ministry of Transport for management.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Red Cross Society and the National Humanitarian Portal 1400 on August 9 launched an SMS campaign to assist flood victims in northern mountainous provinces. 

Hanoi’s Dan Phuong and Dong Anh districts have been recognised as new-style rural areas, the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported on August 8.

Police in the northern province of Hung Yen and authorised agencies on August 9 busted a ring producing and trading substances to make drugs.

The Hanoi Police Department has proposed moving the Hanoi Railway Station and all the inter-provincial rail tracks to the suburbs to avoid traffic congestion and fatal accidents in the inner city.

A delegation from the National Nutrition Institute under the Ministry of Health (MoH) on August 9 visited and supported mothers and children in flood-hit localities in the northern mountainous provinces of Son La and Yen Bai with nutritious food products.

Hanoi’s officials have proposed eight key measures to boost the city’s tourism development in the 2016-2020 period, including promoting high quality tourism products in line with building the city’s tourism trademark.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has implemented a plan with numerous programmes to help locals develop livelihoods and achieve sustainable poverty elimination from 2016 – 2020.

VOV.VN - Three families are mourning the loss of loved ones killed on their motorbike by a suspected drunk driver about 1:30pm on Tuesday, August 8, reports the Zing online newspaper.

The Health Department of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho signed contracts with a joint venture of five contractors on August 8 to begin construction of the Can Tho Oncology Hospital.

The Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) has launched a programme to choose Vietnam’s top 50 IT companies 2017, aiming to honour the leading IT firms and connect promising partners inside and outside the country.