Dr. Nguyen Khanh Phuong, head of the Strategy and Health Policy Institute at the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, has advocated for the establishment of a rare drug policy aimed at improving access to essential medications, local media reported.
The...
Vietnam is set to upgrade six hospitals to international standards, aiming to curb the trend of Vietnamese seeking medical treatment overseas while also attracting foreign patients, local media reported.
In an initiative outlined in the healthcare...
The proportion of early-stage breast cancer diagnoses rose to over 75% in 2023 from the previous 30%, thanks to increased community awareness, according to data from the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital).
This information was presented...
The Food Safety Agency, under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 7 to announce the food safety management system in Vietnam under the...
Authorities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta are strengthening measures to cope with saltwater intrusion to mitigate its impacts on agricultural production in the ongoing dry season.
The delta’s 12 provinces and Can Tho are starting the harvests of winter-...
In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, many rice farmers are facing water shortage caused by saltwater intrusion up rivers from the sea.
Many still have late winter-spring rice to harvest because of the high rice prices a few months ago...
Vietnam is capable of selling around 40 million carbon credits for $200 million in revenue annually, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)’s Department of Forestry calculated.
Vietnam is set to transfer to Emergent, a non-profit...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi recorded levels of hazardous small particles (PM2.5) in the air at 187 micrograms per cubic meter on late March 4, which was the highest among a list of most polluted international cities, according to data from...
The disaster risk reduction partnership’s plan for 2025-2030 will be developed in accordance with the Vietnamese government’s priorities on natural disaster prevention and the strategic goals of all partners, said Resident Coordinator of the United...
Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh met with South Korean Ambassador Choi Young-sam in Hanoi on March 6 to expand cooperation between the two nations in resources and environment, local media reported.
During the...
