General News

  • Nghe An province in central Vietnam has to date carried out the ODA-funded water supply and drainage projects that total $38.46 million. Of the sum, $21 million has been used to upgrade the clean water supply project and EUR13.6 million ($17.46...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • The Vietnam National University and the German Technical University of Dresden held an international seminar on waste recycling management in Hanoi from May 4 to 6, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said. The three-day workshop attracted the...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment led by Minister Pham Khoi Nguyen took part in the 5th Global Oceans Conference in Paris from May 3-7. The conference, themed “Ensuring Survival, Preserving Life and...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • Forty six doctors and nurses from the Military Hospital 175 and the Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital of Vietnam provided free-of-charge eye examination and surgeries to 200 poor patients in Cambodia on May 4. This is the first charity tour held by the...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • Nghe An province in central Vietnam is calling on the Vietnamese government to increase g-bonds for health projects costing VND1.121 trillion ($59 million) in Vinh City, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said. Of the total, VND1 trillion will be...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • As many as 15% of pregnant women in Vietnam are developing diabetes, a survey on 100 pregnant women conducted by a team of doctors from Hanoi-based Thanh Nhan Hospital showed. Notably, aging pregnant women and Body Mass Index (BMI) groups are...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • Acute diarrhea has broken out in Vietnam’s northern province of Ha Nam with 47 patients hospitalized May 3, the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper reported, citing the provincial preventive health center. The victims were hospitalized after eating food at...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • As many as 15% of pregnant women in Vietnam are developing diabetes, a survey on 100 pregnant women conducted by a team of doctors from Hanoi-based Thanh Nhan Hospital showed. Notably, aging pregnant women and Body Mass Index (BMI) groups are...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • Nghe An province in central Vietnam is calling on the Vietnamese government to increase g-bonds for health projects costing VND1.121 trillion ($59 million) in Vinh City, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said. Of the total, VND1 trillion will be...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010
  • Ho Chi Minh City has spent VND4.5 trillion ($236.8 million) to a project to build four hospitals since 2007 to reduce the overloads, state media reported Wednesday, citing Nguyen Van Chau, director of the municipal health department. The newly-built...
    Tuesday, 11th May, 2010