The Austrian government will strengthen bilateral cooperation with Vietnam in the field of healthcare services, Ambassador to Vietnam Georg Heindl said on the 55th anniversary of Austria’s National Day [Oct 26]. Austria wanted to support Vietnam in...
Vietnam has reported 122 food poisoning cases between Jan and Oct, affecting 4,500 people and killing 37 others, the General Statistics Office said. In Oct, the country recorded 13 cases with 407 affected people, the office added. The Ministry of...
The Vietnamese and German governments will enhance cooperation in managing water resources, the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said at a conference in Hanoi on Oct 27. The conference, which is part of German Year in...
Ho Chi Minh City wants the Japanese government will provide more official development assistance (ODA) capitals for its clean water supply projects, Vice Mayor Le Minh Tri said at a meeting with Mayor of Japan’s Osaka City Mikio Araki on Oct 28....
Germany’s Academy of Managers for Construction and Cities (AMC) and Dresden Sewerage and Drainage Company have joined an international conference on urban water management in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa. The event focused on the...
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has decided to advance VND960 billion ($49.23 million) from the state budget to carry out rescue road projects for flood-prone areas between 2011 and 2015. The project will build 123 rescue roads in 30 provinces and...
The Japanese and Italian governments have decided to grant urgent relief goods to help flood-hit victims in central Vietnam, the Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper reported Oct 27. The Japanese government will donate JPY20 million ($240,000) worth of goods...
The Swiss Red Cross has provided VND1.6 billion ($82,000) as relief aid to victims hurt by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam’s central province of Phu Yen, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said Oct 28. Of the sum, VND1 billion will be given to EaBia commune and...
Vietnamese authorities Oct 26 caught red-handed India’s Saitex International Co., Ltd of discharging untreated wastewater into the environment, the Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper reported Oct 28. Saitex’s untreated wastewater was dumped into the Saigon...
