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Vietnamese hospitals are teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and the chances of infection rise with a patient’s length of stay, a study found. The study concluded that there was an epidemic spread of multiresistant intestinal bacteria in Vietnamese hospitals with rapid transmission to patients.The rise of antibiotic-resistant ...

A Vietnamese woman is showing how to prevent landslides and erosion along rivers by growing trees in the central province of Quang Nam. Vu Thi My Hanh has returned to the way nature showed us to create embankments held together by the roots of plants in ...

Vietnam General Confederation of Labor proposed an 8.18 percent increase in minimum wages while VCCI, which represents employers, suggested 2 percent.The National Wage Council will hold one or two more meetings to debate the issue and come up with a final proposal on adjustments for ...

For the second time in history, Vietnam has become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).Vietnam secured 192 out of a total of 193 votes. A candidate must secure at least two-thirds of all votes for a non-permanent seat in the council. ...

Global credit rating agency Fitch said Vietnam will remain one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm announced the revision of Vietnam’s outlook to Positive from stable on Thursday, affirming that the country will keep its ‘BB’ sovereign credit rating.The agency ...

HCMC will make data on inspections, projects, schools, health facilities, and land administration publicly available as it pursues smart city vision.As for the planned Center for Socio-Economic Simulation and Forecasting, the city has completed the system of methodologies to serve as scientific and empirical basis ...

Pollution of the Cai Lon River flowing through Hau Giang Province has turned the water pitch black and killed fish at many farms.Local residents blame the pollution, which also causes the water to stink badly, on a nearby sugar factory discharging untreated effluents into the river. Hau ...

The discussions at the Vietnam Private Sector Economic Forum being held in Hanoi with government agencies, over 2,500 businesses and hundreds of experts and executives taking part, are being livestreamed on VnExpress, the two-day event’s co-organiser, and its other media outlets. Six sessions are scheduled, each to ...

The Ministry of Education and Training has made teaching prevention of sexual abuse mandatory in elementary schools across the country starting this year, with illustrated manuals added to the list of basic teaching equipment for first grade.The changes come in response to increasing awareness of ...

In the first quarter, 4,770 cyberattacks were recorded in Vietnam, more than half the figure for the whole of last year.Nguyen Trong Duong, director of VNCERT, said that the two most common infringements in Q1 2019 were violations of information security policies (40 percent) and unauthorized ...