Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is expected to appraise and approve the feasibility study for the Sustainable Fisheries Development Project (SFDP), funded by the World Bank (WB), in June, a WB official has said.
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In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on March 26, Executive Senior Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yamada Junichi presented suggestions to expedite official development assistance (ODA) projects...
Patient B.T.D., a 21-year-old male student at Nha Trang University in Vietnam’s south-central province of Khanh Hoa, contracted A/H5N1 flu and passed away after several days on a ventilator, Dr. Ton That Toan, head of the Provincial Center for...
In an interview with Vietnam Plus reporters, USAID's Mission Director for Vietnam Ms. Aler Grubbs highlighted Vietnam's ongoing challenge in narrowing the diagnostic gap to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2035 as approximately 40% of TB cases in the...
Investing in ending tuberculosis is a path to sustainable development in Vietnam, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said, explaining that ending tuberculosis in Vietnam means reducing the risk of death for over 13,000 people annually and relieving...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s Criminal Investigation Police Department for Drug-related Crimes (C04) and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) jointly chaired the International Drug Enforcement Conference in the Asia...
The Ministry of Health’s Department of Legal Affairs is seeking expert opinions for the proposal on the establishment of a policy to ban the production, trade, import, and advertising of new tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, local...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued Directive 25 on enhancing tuberculosis prevention and control efforts, local media reported.
The order came as the World Health Organization’s 2023 report still ranked Vietnam 11th among 30...
Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City will set up three out-of-hospital emergency centers and two airway and waterway emergency stations by 2030, according to the project for developing the out-of-hospital emergency system from now...
Vietnam needs about $9 billion for water collection and treatment infrastructure investment by 2030 as the country’s clean water demand will rise by 32% from current, said Chairman of the Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association Nguyen Ngoc...
