Vietnam’s southern province of Ben Tre operated a VND1.377 billion ($74,500) clinic in Chau Thanh district on Nov. 30 after seven months of construction in the presence of Minister of Police Gen. Le Hong Anh. Covering on a site of 183.6 square...
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong, who is also chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention, highly spoke of international support to Vietnam’s HIV/AIDS fight while receiving officials from foreign embassies,...
The government of Austria has agreed to provide EUR17 million in ODA for Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue to upgrade a tumor treatment center at Hue Central Hospital. Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam Georg Heindl announced the aid during...
The Vietnamese Government has approved a VND1.2 trillion ($65 million) project to upgrade Xang Xa No canal in Mekong Delta region to cope with the negative impacts of climate change. Xang Xa No canal plays an important role in agricultural...
U.K. Oxfam and the Vietnam Forum of Environment Journalist (VFEJ) co-held a three-day conference on climate change in the northern province of Ninh Binh by Dec. 3, the VFEJ said on its website. The seminar, entitled Mitigation of Climate Change...
Vietnam will launch the first online medicine transaction floor late this month at the address of www.santhuoc.vn, the government said on its website on Dec. 2. The floor is being built by the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Companies Association (VPCA) with...
Germany’s Johannes Gutenberg University will join hands with Ho Chi Minh City-based Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University to develop a cardiovascular center in the city, the Saigon Times newspaper reported Dec. 3. The center is expected to be a modern...
Communist Vietnam is cautioned about rising numbers of patients with liver, lung, breast and cervical cancer, state media reported Friday, quoting a health ministry official. Le Hoang Minh director of Ho Chi Minh City Tumor Hospital made the warning...
Thousands of families in the central province of Quang Tri’s Dakrong and Huong Hoa districts are lacking clean water after Typhoon Ketsana damaged 91 water-supply facilities. They are also exposed to breakout of contagious diseases.
Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital operated Sunday, Nov. 29 a VND80 billion ($4.3 million) wastewater treatment system that is equipped with Japan’s advanced technology. The system, which was equipped with the Anaerobic/Anoxic Oxic Process (AAO...
