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Cash-strapped Hanoi hospitals to increase fees
08/05/2013 07:54
Under the proposal, the hospital fees in the city by 2014 will be 75 per cent of the maximum levels regulated by the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, the lowest fee will be VND15,000 (US$0.70),which is applied for clinical examination and the highest fee will be VND6.6 million ($300) for...
National Road Safety Week kicks off
07/05/2013 03:47
Addressing the event, the Committee’s Vice Chairman Nguyen Hoang Hiep said the campaign aims to raise the public awareness of traffic laws and ways to avoid accidents. It aims to encourage road users to give way to pedestrians, and create transport infrastructure to ensure...
Power assured during dry season
06/05/2013 02:39
The authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade was prepared to tackle the falling output at hydropower plants due to prolonged drought in the Central Highlands and southern region, he said. Gas-fuelled thermal power plants would operate at full capacity until July, which would provide...
Warning over the penetration of criminals into state agencies
06/05/2013 02:28
The former head of a well-known company in Vietnam, Mr. Tran Le Nguyen, used to be the victim of the so-called "criminal dominating state agencies" as the words of HCM City’s Chairman. In 1999 - 2000, Nguyen’s company opened some facilities in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City....
Vietnam finally implements sweeping new smoking laws
04/05/2013 03:17
A man smokes a cigarette at the gate of Viet Duc Hospital in the capital. The Law on Tobacco Harm-reduction that takes effect this month bans smoking in public places and selling tobacco products to those under 18.� The law, which took effect on May 1, prohibits selling tobacco...
Travelers leave, rubbish stays
03/05/2013 01:54
The Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai province some days received the groups of travelers from all over the country who came to attend the troop ceremony. After the ships left carrying the travelers away, rubbish was seen covering the entire sea surface. At the wharf in An Vinh commune, the bad...
Over 70 percent of Vietnamese wear substandard helmets
02/05/2013 04:18
The above information is provided by Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu Luyen of the Road and Railway Traffic Police Department.� According to Luyen, there are over 30,000 cases of road traffic accidents in Vietnam annually, with an estimated 11,000 people dead and 38,000 wounded.� In...