Despite the repeated rejections by courts in the U.S., the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin (VAVA) will continue to accompany AO victims in seeking US chemical companies’ responsibility for assisting the U.S. military in...
The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin will persist in its legal actions against U.S. chemical companies to hold them accountable for supporting the U.S. military’s use of Agent Orange/dioxin from 1961 to 1971, an official said....
Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has asked authorities of the central province of Binh Dinh to accelerate site clearance for the Central Highlands Connectivity Improvement Project, funded by the World Bank (WB) and the Australian government, state...
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has signed off on the construction of three bridges with a total investment of VND4.8 trillion ($200 million) in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, the provincial Department of Transport said on July 30.
Of the sum,...
The Extended Infection Control and Disease Investigation Unit (EICI) at Hue Central Hospital, has collaborated with the U.S.-based organization PATH and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to hold a workshop to evaluate the...
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen has talked with PreviPharma Consulting GmbH and some other German partners about policies and models for plasma donation, as well as plasma fractionation technology, local media reported.
The...
Liver cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Vietnam, with more than 25,000 new cases and deaths reported annually, said Prof. Dr. Le Trung Hai, president of the Vietnam Liver Association and the Vietnam Association for Liver,...
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Cu, former director of the Institute of Population and Social Issues at the National Economics University, has proposed that the Vietnamese government should provide support to families raising young children as a solution to...
Vietnam is among the fastest-aging countries in Asia, transitioning from an aging to an aged population within only 17-20 years, much shorter than in many other countries, the Ministry of Health said.
In a report evaluating the impact of the draft...
Vietnam is estimated to have recorded an economic loss of more than VND2.12 trillion ($88.5 million) due to natural disasters in the first seven months of this year, increasing by 2.3 times y/y, according to the latest data from the General...