At a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 3, participants were of the view that the government’s poverty elimination program in the countries two biggest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, must also include the interests of migrant workers....
On August 4, The Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross said that a charity walk will be held on August 7 to raise funds for Agent Orange victims and poor people with disabilities. According to the Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross, Nguyen Thi Hue, the...
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee has donated VND750 million to help Agent Orange (AO) victims build 50 new houses. President of the VFF Central Committee Huynh Dam visited and presented gifts to the Vietnam Association for...
The Vietnam Red Cross Central Committee launched a 2011 Action Month for Agent Orange Victims on August 5, with a view to publicizing the serious consequences of the toxic chemicals on human health and the environment. The Vietnam Red Cross will...
The Embassy of Vietnam in Germany on July 31 hosted a ceremony to raise funds for Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims. Speaking at the ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Do Hoa Binh highlighted the significance of the fund-raising...
Authorities in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City have allowed the local Red Cross to hold a march on Aug 8 to raise funds for victims of Agent Orange, consequences of the Vietnam War. The march which is expected to attract...
Vietnam is estimated to have recorded 64 food poisoning cases in the first seven months of this year, affecting 3,400 people, including eight fatalities, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said. In July, the country has also reported...
The Japanese government has decided to finance JPY10-15 billion ($128.05-192.07 million) via the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for a water supply and drainage project in Vietnam next years. The funding will be spent on building and...
Vietnam is estimated to have disbursed VND530 billion ($25.73 million) worth of state funds for its health projects in the first seven months of this year, fulfilling 58.9% of the year’s set target and posting an on-year rise of 6.1%. In July, the...
Malaria affected 17,621 Vietnamese people in the first six months of this year, claiming seven lives, down 12.8% and up 16.7% on year, respectively, said Nguyen Manh Hung, head of the National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Tomology. The...
