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As of the end of last month, 474 cancer patients were waiting to undergo surgeries at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital in the namesake city, director of the hospital Pham Xuan Dung told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. He attributed the high number of patients waiting for surgeries to the degraded infrastructure and overload at the main campus of the infirmary, which is based in Binh Thanh District. The hospital’s director expected that when the second campus of the hospital, in Thu Duc City, is completely put into operation with the number of operating rooms increasing from 14 to 20, the waiting time will be shortened from four to three weeks. According to statistics from the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, the hospital performs 31,000-33,000 surgeries for cancer patients per year. The number fell to 18,000 and 29,000 in 2020 and 2021, respectively, when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Vietnam. Tang Chi Thuong, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of … [Read more...] about 474 cancer patients in Ho Chi Minh City wait for surgeries

A parked petrol tank truck suddenly caught fire before the blaze spread to several nearby houses in Nha Be District, Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. The fire broke out and engulfed the tank truck that was parked on Nguyen Huu Tho Street in the district at around 1:00 pm. A fire engulfs a petrol tank truck on Nguyen Huu Tho Street in Nha Be District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 3, 2023. Photo: M.H. / Tuoi Tre The truck driver and local people quickly tried to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, but to no avail. A fire from a petrol tank truck destroys houses on Nguyen Huu Tho Street in Nha Be District, Ho Chi Minh City, February 3, 2023. Photo: Minh Hoa / Tuoi Tre The fire then flared up, with a sound of an explosion, before fanning out over many houses along Nguyen Huu Tho Street, destroying a large number of properties. People gather at the site of a fire that burned a petrol tank truck on Nguyen Huu Tho Street in Nha Be District, Ho … [Read more...] about Houses catch fire from burning gasoline tank truck in Ho Chi Minh City

Speaking at a meeting on February 2 to provide information about the socio-economic development and COVID-19 prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City, Lam said the move is expected to make it easier for local businesses to recruit workers, especially after the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday – the biggest and longest festival in Vietnam. As of February 2, about 2.65 million workers, or over 95% of the total number in Ho Chi Minh City, had returned to work at enterprises after Tet, Lam reported. This year, the situation of job changing after Tet among laborers is not popular as many years ago, he noted. Regarding the demand for laborers, 499 respondent firms said they need to recruit nearly 14,400 workers in the first quarter of 2023, including 5,000 for the garment and footwear industries, and 2,200 for the electricity - electronics industry. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City to open job transaction floors to facilitate businesses in recruiting workers

The event was jointly held by the Central Council for the Theory and Criticism of Literature and the Arts, the Literature Publishing House, and the Lien Viet Culture and Communications Joint Stock Company. The novel featured the image of President Ho Chi Minh from a little boy to a young man and his 30-year journey to seek a way for national liberation, turning Vietnam into an independent and unified country. Entitled “Sea voyage” (Lenh denh bon bien), the second volume gives readers a better understanding of the strong and logical innovation in Nguyen Ai Quoc’s mindset and thought. “Sea voyage” is the fourth novel by writer Nguyen The Ky. He hoped that the “Nuoc non van dam” novel would once again depict clearly and vividly President Ho Chi Minh - a simple but great man. “The highlight of the second volume is Nguyen Ai Quoc’s journey to become one of the founders of the French Communist Party and the first communist of Vietnam,” he said. The 3rd volume of the “Thousands of … [Read more...] about Novel on President Ho Chi Minh’s national salvation journey introduced

Workers at Phuong Nam Garment Trading Import Export Joint Stocks Company in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City ’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in January reduced by 21.4% compared to the previous month, according to the city’s Department of Industry and Trade. This year’s week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival that falls in January was blamed for the decreased production as the production time in the month was less than the previous month’s. Some industries in the city also saw lower production indexes, for example, the processing and manufacturing industry down 22%, electricity generation and distribution down 12.8%, water supply and waste treatment down 8.4%. Besides, all 30/30 secondary industries decreased compared to the previous month and 15 out of the 30 industries dropped by over 20%. To meet people’s demand in the city in January 2023, especially during the Tet celebrations, the city's industry and trade sector … [Read more...] about HCM City’s industrial production falls over 21% in January

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA) Vinh Phuc (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on February 3 attended a ceremony in Vinh Yen city to celebrate the 93rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - 2023) and 60 years since President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to the northern province of Vinh Phuc (March 2, 1963). Speaking at the event, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council Hoang Thi Thuy Lan said that during his visit to the province on March 2, 1963, President Ho Chi Minh asked for efforts to turn Vinh Phuc into one of the richest and most prosperous provinces in the northern region. Over the past six decades, Vinh Phuc has developed from an agriculture-based to an industrial province – an automobile and motorbike manufacturing centre of the country, and a locality leading in the cause of industrialisation and modernisation. In … [Read more...] about NA Chairman attends ceremony marking 60 years since Uncle Ho’s visit to Vinh Phuc

Speaking at the event, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council Hoang Thi Thuy Lan said that during his visit to the province on March 2, 1963, President Ho Chi Minh asked for efforts to turn Vinh Phuc into one of the richest and most prosperous provinces in the Northern region. Over the past six decades, Vinh Phuc has developed from an agriculture-based to an industrial province – an automobile and motorbike manufacturing center of the country, and a locality leading in the cause of industrialization and modernization. In the 1997-2022 period, the province's average annual economic growth rate hit 13.27%. Last year, its per capita gross regional domestic product (GRDP) was estimated to reach USD 5,500, ranking 5th in the Red River Delta region, and 9th in the nation. Congratulating Vinh Phuc on its achievements, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue asked the province to make efforts to better the building and … [Read more...] about National Assembly Chairman attends ceremony marking 60 years since Uncle Ho’s visit to Vinh Phuc

Workers at a facility of PV Gas. The company's shares fell strongly on Friday, leading the market's downside. — Photo courtesy of the company The market ticked lower on Friday but locked a monthly gain in the first month of 2023 on the back of foreign investors and strong rallies of financial and industrial stocks. The VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) closed the last trading day of the week at 1,077.15 points, a fall of 0.44 points, or 0.04 per cent. The market’s breadth was neutral as the number of declining stocks on the southern bourse was equal to increasing ones. Liquidity fell over the previous session. Of which, trading value on HoSE reduced slightly to nearly VND10.8 trillion (US$460.1 million), equivalent to a trading volume of over 563.7 million shares. The index’s reversal was due to persistent selling force as some investors continued to take profits after recent rallies. The 30 biggest stocks tracker VN30-Index also went down by 7.78 points, … [Read more...] about Benchmark indices dip slightly on persistent selling force

Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency. -The Presidential Office on February 3 announced the Acting President’s order to promulgate the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment that was adopted by the 15th National Assembly at its second extraordinary session. The revised law aims to deal with shortcomings and emerging problems in medical examination and treatment activities in a bid to develop and improve the quality of medical services towards fairness, high efficiency, development and international integration, while strengthening State management over these activities. Read full text -A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, the Presidency, the National Assembly, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on February 3 paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on the occasion of the 93rd founding anniversary of the CPV … [Read more...] about ☕ Afternoon briefing on February 3

"I felt safe in all Vietnamese cities I visited," Karena Edgecombe from New Zealand told VnExpress International. Edgecombe said that it was "extremely safe to walk alone" in major cities like Hanoi, where gun violence and street assaults are uncommon. She said she had walked around Hanoi by herself at 5 a.m. when she couldn't sleep, and she had to walk through many small alleyways at 10 p.m. to get to a pharmacy in Hoi An. "In Vietnam I feel safer than in my hometown in Auckland," she said. Cass Raison, a tourist from the U.K. who left Vietnam on Wednesday after staying here a month, also rated Vietnam's safety highly. "I haven't really worried about anything while in Vietnam," Raison said. "Vietnamese people are in general very helpful and helped us find our hostels if we were lost. Most are very friendly and smiley." During the long trip in Vietnam, Raison visited the Ha Giang Loop in the northern highlands and went on a cruise through Ha Long Bay to Cat Ba Island in … [Read more...] about Foreign tourists find Vietnam ‘very safe’