The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on July 27 unveiled a $26 million project to promote and ensure sustainable HIV/AIDS prevention and combat in Vietnam, state media reported. The Sustainable HIV Response from Technical Assistance...
Four Vietnamese state agencies and 33 provincial delegations in the country’s legislative body National Assembly (NA) have expressed their willingness to participate in the parliament’s supervision program on food safety and hygiene amid increasing...
Eight inspection teams from the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) have checked Zika virus disease and dengue fever prevention and control measures in 16 provinces and cities, state media reported. The inspection showed that most localities were...
Vietnam reports nearly 45,000 people infected with dengue fever in the first seven months of this year, up 2.6-fold over the same period last year, state media reported. At least 14 people were killed and infections were recorded in 46 out of 63...
Vietnam is one of the countries with a high rate of hepatitis B and C, with serious consequences for the patients, including chronic conditions and liver cancer, according to the Preventive Medicines Department under the Ministry of Health (MoH)....
The Mekong Delta, the biggest granary and aquatic pond in Vietnam, is highly vulnerable to more drought and salinization in the future when the neighbor countries in the lower Mekong River basin are in the process of diverting the river water to...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) is planning a thorough inspection in early August over the environmental compliance and natural resources exploitation at Nui Phao Mining Company, a subsidiary of one of the largest...
The conservation NGO Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has recently proposed the government prohibit all commercial breeding and trading of wild animals in Vietnam as the rampant overexploitation will drive many endangered species to the verge of...
Heavy rains triggered by typhoon Mirinae, the first to hit Vietnam this year, has caused one death, nine people injured, and damage worth VND100 billion ($4.5 million), leaving many parts in the country’s northern region in power outages. The storm...
Vietnam’s highest legislature National Assembly (NA) will continue supervising the case in which Taiwan-invested Formosa Hung Nghiep Ha Tinh Steel Corporation poisons Vietnam’s sea by untreated wastewater, state media reported, citing the NA’s...
