Social Policy Bank in Vietnam’s southern city of Can Tho has disbursed a total of nearly VND900 billion ($46.15 million) for the poor people in the first ten months of this year. The move is aimed to support locals to invest in production for...
Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital performed free-of-charge operations for more than 100 poor cataract patients in the central province of Quang Ngai’s Duc Pho district on Nov 4. Under the charitable program, up to 150 another patients in the district...
Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam put into operation on Nov. 3 a $2-million peace village with the funding from the Korean Victims of Agent Orange Veterans Association (KAOVA), state media reported. The village which covers 2.6 hectares in Phu...
The U.S. Government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced a new project worth $11.7 million to continue assisting Vietnam to enhance trade and integration into the global economy. The three-year project, lasting...
Dengue fever has claimed 59 lives out of more than 80,000 affected people in provinces and cities across Vietnam since early this year, the Ministry of Health said. The southern region tops the nation with over 43,844 patients, down 26% on-year,...
Many hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have failed to build medical wastewater treatment systems or have substandard ones despite years of operation, Deputy Head of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Van Phuoc said. As...
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...
