World

Vietnam “wastes” around $3 billion each year by not recycling plastic waste, a senior United Nations Development Program official said Friday at a conference on solid waste management. Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP Resident Representative in the country, said Vietnam releases around 19,000 tons of plastic waste a day. In some sea …

China’s export manufacturing machine is more important than ever with domestic output growing just 0.4 percent year-on-year in the second quarter. Given weak consumption and cooling global demand, it makes sense for the country’s producers of everything from cargo ships to lava lamps to try to seize overseas market share …

A 72-year-old man in the northern Son La Province died after consuming blister beetles, which could be poisonous. Doctor Me Thi Xuan, head of the intensive care medicine and clinical toxicology department of Son La General Hospital, on Thursday said the patient was hospitalized while in shock and experiencing convulsions, …

Two Vietnamese high-school students pocketed gold medals at the 2022 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) and one of them hit a perfect score. Ngo Quy Dang, a 12th grader, and Pham Viet Hung, an 11th grader at the High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University (VNU), …

Tran Sy Thanh, Auditor General of the State Audit Office, has been nominated to take over as Hanoi’s new chairman. If approved by Hanoi legislature, he will succeed Chu Ngoc Anh, who was dismissed over a Covid-19 test kit scandal. The Politburo appointed Thanh as deputy secretary of the Hanoi …

HCMC’s public health projects have only disbursed 12 percent of their intended investment capital within the first half of this year, the slowest rate seen over the past decade. Nguyen Hoai Nam, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, on Thursday said the medical field has …

Annie England Noblin, a 40-year-old resident of rural Missouri, had never had a problem filling her monthly prescription for methotrexate until this week. On Monday, Noblin’s pharmacist said she could not give her the drug until she had confirmed with Noblin’s doctor that the medication would not be used to …

The T3 passenger terminal in HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport will be in the shape of an ao dai, the traditional Vietnamese women’s tunic. The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), which operates all 22 civilian airports in the country, said it decided to choose the ao dai design and is …

More and more stroke patients in Vietnam have benefited from the increasing number of stroke centers and their innovative advances in treatment, according to experts. As of now, the whole country hosts around 110 stroke centers, up from only one at 115 People’s Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City in …

Dao Hong Lan, Party chief of the northern Bac Ninh Province, has been appointed acting minister of health over a month after the former one was arrested. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced the appointment Friday at the ministry’s office in Hanoi. Lan, 51, is a native of the northern …