FV Hospital announced last week that it had become the first private hospital in Vietnam to collaborate with Professor Donald Tan, a corneal surgeon from Singapore, to provide cornea transplant service. Professor Tan uses the world’s latest form of...
The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health has said that since 2015 the vaccination against Japanese encephalitis has been officially included into the National Expanded Immunization Program (NEIP) and is conducted monthly,...
Smoking-related diseases kill over 40,000 people in Vietnam each year, accounting to 100 people per day, according to a recent report. Smoking is one the leading causes of death in Vietnam. Smoking-related fatal diseases like stroke, coronary artery...
Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and international partners to help ASEAN member states, including Vietnam, achieve national goals and enhance national capacity for fulfilling the UN...
On May 26, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $119 million in additional financing for an ongoing project to respond to key urban development challenges focusing on assuring water supply and wastewater needs of selected urban...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the U.S.’s Department of State have made a joint announcement against global climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. The two countries intend to work together...
The Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) has pledged $50,000 of aid to save elephants in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak between 2016 and 2017. The AAF and the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development signed an agreement...
More than 52,400 hectares of shrimp in the southernmost province of Ca Mau were damaged by the recent prolonged drought and saltwater intrusion. The natural disasters occurred from February 1 to May 15, 2016, Chairman of the provincial People’s...
The United States and Vietnam on May 24 signed an agreement allowing the U.S.’s Peace Corps to work in the country for the first time, state media reported. The signing, which came amid a historic three-day visit by President Barack Obama, follows...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on May 25 officially launched Vietnam’s first private non-profit university Fulbright in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), state media reported. The launch came at the end of a three-day visit to Vietnam by U.S. President...
