A large-scale Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of Cham people kicked off on July 15 in An Phu district, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. cham culture, sports and tourism festival opens in an giang hinh 0. The festival gathered nearly 600...
The Plan International Vietnam cooperates with the central province of Quang Tri to launch projects to improve life, health and nutrition for poor children in disadvantaged districts in Quang Tri. The provincial People’s Committee and the Plan...
Action Aid International Vietnam has provided Long Phu district, in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang with VND18 billion ($807,000) in funding over the past decade under a development support program. The program, which has been transferred...
The State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank (WB) on July 11 signed agreements for loans and credits worth $560 million for two projects to support urban development, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods in the Mekong Delta, the country...
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is striving to increase the number of drug addicts accessing methadone treatment to 8,000, state media reported. Since the methadone program began in 2008, more than 4,000 local addicts have so far been treated with...
Vietnam’s Health minister has asked central and local medical facilities nationwide to review hospital services offered by private organizations and individuals, state media reported. Accordingly, hospitals must punish and terminate contracts with...
Japanese encephalitis is quickly spreading in the Vietnam’s northern provinces, according to Tran Dac Phu Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health. About 15 cases who suffered from Japanese encephalitis were...
The Ministry of Health sought to expand the family doctor model across the country during a video conference in Hanoi on July 15. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam hailed the model as a good idea that has worked well around the world; however, it has...
More than 80 local and international experts are gathering in Hanoi from July 12th-15th to share their lessons about water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects being delivered in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar and Timor-Leste. This...
Nearly a half of the Mekong Delta region would be badly hit by saltwater intrusion within the next 14 years, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment at a meeting of the South West Steering Committee on July 11. According to the report, the...
