General News

  • 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...
    Monday, 1st April, 2024
  • 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...
    Monday, 1st April, 2024
  • 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...
    Monday, 1st April, 2024
  • 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...
    Monday, 1st April, 2024
  • The World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF Vietnam), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the People’s Committee in Vietnam’s central Quang Tri province co-organized an event on March 24 to launch a campaign to...
    Monday, 1st April, 2024
  • The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands, on behalf of the Vietnamese government, has submitted a request to join the proceedings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s advisory opinion on climate change, local media reported. It marked the...
    Monday, 1st April, 2024
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has denied many people’s assumption that Vietnam is selling carbon credits too cheaply, at $5 per carbon credit, local media reported. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development...
    Monday, 1st April, 2024
  • Hanoi plans to raise the total number of public schools meeting national standards to 141 in 2024, surpassing the city's target by 27 schools, according to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training. Among them,  there are 55 kindergartens...
    Monday, 1st April, 2024
  • The Loving Work Foundation (LWF) wrapped up their week-long community service project in Quang Tri Province last Friday. Led by founder Trish Thompson, the group said their goodbyes after witnessing the important work of a clearance team from NPA/...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • On their visit to Project RENEW, the Friends of Project RENEW (FPR) Board of Directors met with Quang Tri Province Department of Foreign Affairs officials on Thursday. FPR President Robert Frank thanked Deputy Director Nguyen Van Bien for the...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024