After having their lunch on Friday, 20 students at Dong Da Primary School in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City developed symptoms of food poisoning such as nausea and dizziness and had to be hospitalized.Pham Minh Dai, the school headmaster, told Tuoi...
The Vietnamese government will spend VND150 billion ($7.21 million) on a clean water supply and environmental sanitation project in rural areas in the northern province of Ha Giang. This is part of a national target program for rural clean water and...
A meeting to kick-start a $50-million clean water supply and environmental sanitation project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) opened in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh on Sept 9. Of the sum, $45 million comes from the ADB and the...
Floods caused by prolonged downpours have claimed at least four lives in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of An Giang over the past few days, state media reported. Flood water from upstream An Phu district in the province has damaged some residential...
As many as 13 out of 63 provinces and cities across Vietnam will take part in a global campaign on climate change 350.org, on Sept 15 with an aim to improve the public awareness of climate change and environmental issues. With the campaign entitled...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will launch “Clean Up the World” campaign 2011 in Ho Chi Minh City on September 17, with a series of activities to highlight the event. The campaign will kick start in Phu Nhuan district,...
Tam Sinh Nghia JSC will put into operation a waste treatment plant worth VND300 billion ($14.42 million) in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang today [Sept 16] after two-year construction.Located in Hon Dat district, the facility is...
Vietnam plans to build a national educational quality framework that will match with ASEAN member countries’ criteria and standards, said Deputy Minister of Education Nguyen Thi NghiaNghia made the statement at the ASEAN quality framework forum held...
The construction of many schools in Dong Nai Province has been delayed due to lack of funding, forcing thousands of students into makeshift classrooms. A makeshift classroom in Trieu Thi Trinh Primary School. In February of this year, the Government...
Dengue fever affected 31,100 Vietnamese people in the first eight months of this year, including 27 deaths. The figures include five deaths out of total 8,200 dengue fever patients in Aug, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said. Among...
