Two more people in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern province of Tay Ninh have reportedly died from the swine flu virus A/H1N1, whose return last June has raised great public concern.
At least three people were killed in a helicopter crash in northeastern Thailand on July 18, local officials said.
The southern province of Binh Phuoc has recorded 973 malaria cases in the first half of the year, up by 66 percent year-on-year, including one death, reported by the provincial Department of Health on July 16.
Thai authorities have recovered the last body from the boat accident off the southern resort island of Phuket, raising the death toll to 47.
The People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province has asked Phu Loc district authorities to hand over the ground for a project expanding the Hai Van 2 Tunnel before July 15. However, the work may lag behind schedule, the provincial committee has said.
The number of people registered for tissue and organ donation has remained very small and fails to meet the nation’s demand for organ transplants, said Nguyen Hoang Phuc, Deputy Director of the National Coordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation.
Swine flu A/H1N1 is one of the three most common seasonal influenza strains in Vietnam, with at least five deaths recorded since the beginning of this year.
Twelve terrorists have been killed in clashes with Philippine government security forces, bringing the death toll of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters to 57 in the ongoing campaign in the southern Philippines that started on June 1.
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has been successful in its efforts to prevent children from drowning.
Residents of the former imperial city of Hue will light incense and offer food this week to remember the victims of a French massacre in 1885.
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, on July 9, blamed Chinese tour operators for the death of more than 40 people in a boat accident off a resort island last weekend.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 8 sent a message of condolences to his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, over great losses in humans and property caused by the recent floods and landslides.
Drug addiction among young people has remained high and is the main cause of crimes among them, with half of young addicts having committed crimes, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
Thailand's authorities said on July 8 that rescuers are preparing to lift tourist boat Phoenix which capsized off the coast of Phuket island three days ago, killing at least 42 people and leaving 14
Rescuers on July 6 have accelerated the rescue operation for the 12 stranded young footballers and their coach as heavy downpours are expected to hit in a matter of days, which will cause the water levels inside the cave to rise.
A Japanese court on July 6 sentenced Yasumasa Shibuya to life in prison over the 2017 murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba prefecture, according to the Kyodo news agency.
The medical centre at Tran Van Thoi district in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has confirmed one death from the A/H1N1 influenza.
State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi has sent a message of sympathy to Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh over the heavy losses resulting from the recent floods in the northern mountainous provinces.
