Vietnam will attend the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, in June in the U.S. A Vietnamese representative will deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly and join other countries in drafting and approving a declaration on...
Vietnam is among countries where smoking is most widely prevalent, losing more than 100 people a day to the habit and burdening huge economic damage, the state-run Thanh Nien newspaper reported, citing the Ministry of Health. The number will nearly...
Dozens of police officers from Vietnam and representatives from 18 countries have participated in a three-week training program held in Hanoi starting May 31 to promote joint efforts to combat transnational child sexual exploitation, showed a...
The Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention has been piloting a series of models to provide consultations and tests for HIV, through local-level medical establishments in some provinces and cities nationwide from 2015-2017, heard a conference in Hanoi on...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at Expanded G7 Summit held in Japan on May 27 that the country will join hands in realizing the Paris Agreement which was reached at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on...
The Laos Embassy in Vietnam handed over $257,000 in aid for Vietnamese people who suffered from drought and saline intrusion, in Hanoi, on May 30. Phomma Sitsena from the Lao Embassy said the assistance aims to help residents of the central, Central...
Vietnam will find it hard to enforce policies and laws on environmental protection, especially in industries seeing strong growth once the country becomes a member of international trade packs, both domestic and foreign experts have said. Nick...
Vietnam’s Government Office has said in its regular meeting on June 2 that it has found out the causes of massive fish deaths but yet to announce to receive more feedback from domestic and foreign scientists to make the results unbiased. Results of...
How climate change and water management are becoming issues of national security in Vietnam and solutions for the country were the topic at a panel discussion held by the Stimson Center in Washington DC in late May. Attending the event were Richard...
Six Vietnamese students won six gold medals at the Asia-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools (APMOPS) held in Singapore on May 26- 28, state media reported. The 10 contestants came from Hanoi-Amsterdam School for the Gifted, Archimedes...
