General News

  • The U.K.-based Arup global engineering, technique and consulting group has pledged to support Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to build a water source management plan as part of efforts to mitigate impacts of climate change, a senior official of the firm...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • Authorities of the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi have approved a plan to spend more than VND59 billion to strengthen 83 irrigation works to deal with drought and waterlog this year, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported. Under the plan, the local...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Environment Administration has publicized seven large hospitals that are polluting environment in Hanoi. The polluting hospitals include Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital, Dong Da Polyclinic,...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City have approved adding VND262.1 billion ($13.75 million) to its anti-flood and rural traffic projects this year, the Tien Phong newspaper reported. The local authorities plan to check 142 out of 144 dyke works and 69...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • The United Nations (UN) has funded more than $4.6 million to a project to improve the capabilities of three Vietnamese provinces and cities in responding to climate change, reducing vulnerability and controlling Green House Gas emissions, state...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • The French Development Agency (AFD) has committed to add EUR20 million in loan for Vietnam’s support program to respond to climate change (SP-RCC), the French Embassy to Hanoi said in a statement May 14. Earlier, the Japanese government funded JPY10...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • International Obstetrics Hospital JSC started to build an international obstetrics hospital worth VND857 billion ($45 million) in the central province of Nghe An’s Vinh city May 15. This is the first hospital of its kind in the province, the state-...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • Saigon Medical Investment JSC of Vietnam and Sokimex Co. of Cambodia kicked off the construction of Cho Ray - Phnom Penh General Hospital May 15. Covering a site of 50,000 sq.m in Meanchey district, ten km from Phnom Penh, the hospital has two five-...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), a U.S. non-governmental organization, has granted $8.5 million to a health project in the Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue, state media reported. The project costing $11.89 million is slated for completion...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • Vietnam Medical Product Import-Export JSC and Vietnam Fair and Advertisement Company (Vietfair) launched the 17th international exhibition on medical and pharmaceutical products (Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2010) in Hanoi May 12. More than 200 domestic and...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010