In the first five months of 2017, there were 139.7 thousand times of hunger households, decreasing 25.8% compared to the same period of last year, equivalent to 574 thousand hunger members, down 24.9%. To overcome hunger, at the beginning of the year, levels, branches and organizations from the central to local levels have provided support to hunger households with 16.2 thousand tons of food and about VND 1.1 billion. Only in May s 2.8 thousand tons of food were supplied.

In the first five months of the year, there were nearly 15.2 thousand cases of foot and mouth disease in the whole country; 27.6 thousand cases of viral hemorrhagic fever (8 deaths); 184 cases of typhoid; 195 cases of viral encephalitis (5 deaths); 14 cases of meningococcal meningitis (3 deaths); 24 cases of Zika virus infection; 266 cases of pertussis (5 deaths) and 60 cases of poliomyelitis (4 cases of death).The total number of HIV infected people living in the country as of 17/5/2017 was 217.5 thousand people, of which 89.1 thousand cases have transitioned to AIDS; The death toll from HIV / AIDS in the country to date was 91,000.From 18/12/2016 to 17/5/2017, 44 cases of serious food poisoning occurred in the whole country, infecting 1,006 persons, of which 16 died.

In the first five months of 2017, there were 8,023 traffic accidents, including 4,055 cases of traffic accidents (from less serious and above) and 3,968 cases of traffic impacts, 3,496 deaths, 1,972 were injured and 4,616 were slightly injured. Compared to the same period last year, the number of traffic accidents in the first five months of this year decreased by 4.2% (number of less serious and above traffic accidents decreased by 2.6%; traffic impacts by 5.8%); Number of deaths decreased by 2.6%; The number of injured people decreased by 17.9% and the number slightly injured by 6.5%. Of the 4,055 cases of less serious and above traffic accident in the last 5 months, 3,943 cases (97.2%) occurred in roads, 3,405 persons were killed and 1,931 others were injured; 68 railway accidents resulted in 59 deaths and 30 injuries; 44 water and marine traffic accidents, 32 deaths and 11 injuries.

On average, one day in the first five months of the year, 53 accidents occurred in the whole country, including 27 less serious and above traffic accidents and 26 traffic crashes, killing 23 people, 13 were injured and 31 were slightly injured.

In the first five months of the year, natural disasters killed nine and wounded 16; More than 5 thousand houses collapsed, eroded, roof blown out; 5.5 thousand hectares of rice and 3.2 thousand hectares of crops were flooded and damaged. The total value of damage in 5 months is estimated at VND 248 billion.

For the first 5 months of 2017, 7,944 cases of violations of regulations on environmental protection in the whole country have been detected, of which 6,708 cases have been handled with total penalties of over 95.6 billion dong.

In the first five months of this year, there were 2,035 fires and explosions, killing 44 persons and injuring 107 others, with an estimated loss of VND 910 billion.