Taiwan's contribution to an international effort to help Vietnam clear unexploded bombs and reduce poverty has won thanks, not just from the local government but also from farmers who have benefited from the program, officials said March 4. Wu Jung-...
The Ho Chi Minh Sponsor Association for Poor Patients offered free-of-charge medical treatment to more than 1.7 million poor patients in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in 2010. The information was released at a recent meeting in the city to review the...
Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City has reported 89,000 abortion cases in 2010, raising concerns about loose management on reproductive health, state media reported, citing an official. The figure, including 2,000 cases reported...
Nine hospitals in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City plan to establish tuberculosis (TB) departments in 2011 to cope with the disease’s spread, leaders of Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital said. The TB departments will be opened at hospitals...
Vietnam reported the malnutrition rate among children at 17.5% in 2006-2010 period, surpassing 2.5% of its whole-period target, the local health officials said. They released the information at a meeting in Hanoi on Jan 20 to review the...
A delegation from Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics paid a working visit to Italy’s Tuscany region on Jan 14-21 to boost cooperation and exchange of health workers and advanced medical technologies transfer. During their stay, the Vietnamese...
The European Union (EU) will provide EUR11 million of non-refundable aid for an environment and society responsible tourism (ESRT) development program in Vietnam in the 2011-2015 period. A ceremony to announce the finance agreement for the country’s...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction and the World Bank (WB) yesterday held a meeting to discuss a $600 million project to upgrade six urban areas in Mekong Delta region. The project will upgrade water supply and sewerage systems in Can Tho, My...
A group of seven French doctors Jan 17 started a course to train 200 neurologists for Vietnam cities and provinces, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Jan 18. The three-day course which is being carried out at Ho Chi Minh City-based Nguyen Tri Phuong...
The German Development Bank (KfW) has lent VND65.4 billion ($3.27 million) to Vietnam’s central highlands province of Lam Dong to upgrade electricity grids in rural areas. The loan will be used to improve 63.7 kilometers of medium-voltage lines and...
