General News

  • The U.S. government will donate $100,000 worth of medical equipment to help Vietnamese health workers to cope with bird flu or A/H1N1 flu outbreaks, the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam said in a statement Mar. 22. The United States Agency for International...
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • The Australian government has pledged AUD10.7 million ($9.76 million) for a project to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS associated with drug use in Vietnam, the Phap Luat Vietnam newspaper reported Mar. 26. Vietnam’s Ministry of Health and the HIV/...
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has urged Hanoi’s authority to tighten healthcare services ahead of the 16th ASEAN Summit slated for April 8-9, state media reported Mar. 25. The MOH also requested the city’s Health Department to ensure food safety and...
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • Up to 80% of diseases in Vietnam are caused by polluted water resources, said the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment at a ceremony in Hanoi Mar. 23 to mark the World Water Day and 60th birthday of the World Meteorological Organization....
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri authorities have approved the second phase of a clean water supply and environmental sanitation project that costs $2.7 million. The UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) has donated $2.17 million to the...
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • Vietnam is estimated to lose VND165 trillion ($8.6 billion) due to water leakages a year, the Dat Viet newspaper reported. The Southeast Asian nation invests thousands of billions of dong to upgrade water supply systems a year. However, only 70% of...
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam said Wednesday the Japanese government has approved an underground water sources-tapping project worth JPY2.05 billion ($22.3 million) in the central highlands region of Vietnam. Previously, Japan provided financial...
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • Vietnam has reported nine food poisoning cases in the month to date, which affected 161 people, the Suc Khoe & Doi Song newspaper reported Mar. 25, citing the Ministry of Health. No death was found, the ministry said, adding that microorganism,...
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • Belgian Liege University and Danang University are joining hands to offer Logistics and Transport Masters training courses. The training, which is part of a post-graduate training program between the two universities signed in 2008, is the first of...
    Thursday, 1st April, 2010
  • The U.S. government will donate $100,000 worth of medical equipment to help Vietnamese health workers to cope with bird flu or A/H1N1 flu outbreaks, the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam said in a statement Mar. 22. The United States Agency for International...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010