General News

  • Most of the parents in urban Vietnam have sent their children to study in international kindergartens that provide foreign learning courses and everyday conversations for their kids who reportedly speak fluently foreign languages but not the mother...
    Thursday, 20th May, 2010
  • During its 7th session, which will open on May 20, the National Assembly will ratify a new Minister of Education and Training, said Government Office Chair, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on May 12. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan will no longer...
    Thursday, 20th May, 2010
  • International courses on Landscape Approaches and Forest Governance Scholarships available for inhabitants of 61 countries! The Government of the Netherlands is providing scholarships to people from 61 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • Tam Islet tourist site in Vietnam’s central city of Nha Trang has completed installation of a seawater system, which is equipped with U.S. technologies. The system can supply 1,000 cubic meters of fresh water a day for the site, the Tuoi tre...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • More than 200 workers of South Korea’s SPG Vina Co., Ltd, located in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong suffered from food poisoning May 12, the VietNamNet online newspaper reported. The victims were taken to the Ben Cat District Hospital...
    Monday, 17th May, 2010
  • 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