Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital, the leading medical facility in the south, said on December 6 that it has successfully produced two new radioactive drugs used to diagnose, monitor and treat prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors. The State-run Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City announced it has successfully produced two new types of radioactive drugs used...

Six more flights were launched over the past couple of days to repatriate Vietnamese citizens from Myanmar. So far, 1,020 Vietnamese citizens have been brought home on nine flights from northern Shan state of Myanmar. (Photo: VNA) The repatriation effort was a collaborative undertaking between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the Ministry of Public Security, and representative...

The Ministry of Health is working hard to ensure vaccine supply for the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI), heard a regular Government press conference in Hanoi on December 6. The EPI, launched in 1985, is providing immunisation to more than 10 vaccine preventable diseases. (Photo: VNA) Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Lien Huong noted that the EPI, launched...

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on archival cooperation for 2024 was signed at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 6 by Director of the State Archives and Records Department, Dang Thanh Tung, and Director of the National Archives Department under the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs Thongchanh Keosenhom. Vietnam's State Archives and Records Department signs MoU on archival...

The 32nd Vietnam Student Olympiad in Informatics (OLP) and the 2023 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia opened in the central city of Hue on December 6. The 32nd Vietnam Student Olympiad in Informatics (OLP) and the 2023 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia opene in the central city of Hue on December 6. (Photo: VNA) Jointly organised...

The Vietnam Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security said on December 6 that it has coordinated with relevant agencies to receive 780 Vietnamese citizens returning home from Myanmar amid complicated developments of the situation in this country. Vietnamese citizens return home from Myanmar. (Photo: VNA) Accordingly, following directions of Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut....

As many as 338 Vietnamese citizens stranded in the conflict zone in the north of Myanmar were safely evacuated to the homeland on December 4. Vietnamese citizens repatriated from Myanmar handle entry procedures at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on early December 5. (Photo: VNA) The repatriation, aiming to ensure absolute safety for citizens, was conducted under the...

With their beautiful designs and reasonable prices, Vietnamese products are dominating the Christmas market, and preferred by many domestic customers. The festive season atmosphere is particularly exciting in Hang Luoc, Hang Ma, and Luong Van Can, the main streets selling deco items in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) Faux Christmas trees, Santa's sleigh, and reindeer, begin popping up and lighting...

The federation of Vietnamese people associations in Germany was established at a congress held in Berlin on December 3. Chairman of the federation Nguyen Van Hien (third from right) and deputy chairpersons (Photo: VNA) The event was attended by over 300 delegates representing over 80 organisations and associations of Vietnamese people and intellectuals across the 16 states of...

Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Doan Tuyet Nhung is leading the agency’s delegation to the fifth World Media Summit (WMS) that opened in Guangzhou, the capital of China’s Guangdong province, on December 3. The fifth World Media Summit (WMS) opens in Guangzhou, the capital of China’s Guangdong province, on December 3. (Photo: Xinhua) Addressing...