A foreign newswire has reported that the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction has assumed a long-stalled project on water supply in Vietnam’s Mekong delta costing $1.7 billion in total, including $400 million to be financed by the World Bank. The...
During the Vietnam-US trade interaction after 2016 conference in HCMC on Dec. 20, General Consul Mary Tarnowka lauded Vietnam’s reform process and favorable conditions created for U.S. companies to invest in the Southeast Asian country, state media...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal to get $97 million worth of loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a project to improve infrastructure system in four central provinces. The PM assigned the People’s Committee...
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) has presented certificates of merit and insignia “For peace and friendship among nations” to 30 foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in honor of their practical contributions to poverty...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has recently established five inspectorates to check 37 national hospitals to evaluate their quality and services, state media reported. Inspectors will focus on checking doctors’ skill and treatment services. Evaluation...
K Hospital in the capital city of Hanoi has decided to punish its seven health staff for wrongdoings after the health minister ordered the hospital to clarify the responsibility of handling complaints from patients. In particular, patients at the...
Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai has recently announced the second case of Zika infection, state media reported. The patient is a 51 year old man in Tan Bien Ward, Bien Hoa Town. Accordingly, health workers from the province’s Preventive...
Vietnam Health Environment Management Agency under the Ministry of Health on December 21 released the laboratory results of water suspected of heavy pollution and cancer-causing in 10 villages in 9 provinces across the country. Accordingly, the rate...
The Hanoi Department of Health has sent doctors, nurses and medical workers from central level hospitals to district level facilities to help share advanced professional techniques. The plan aims to shorten the professional capacity gap between...
Vietnam records 250-500 food poisoning cases every year with 7,000-10,000 people affected, according to Food Safety Department under the Health Ministry. Of the number, 200 people were killed by food poisoning. The figures were released at a...
