Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will issue an inter-ministerial circular to tighten food safety and hygiene, the online VietnamNet newspaper reported Dec. 23. The move is to strengthen...
Vietnam reportedly witnesses 147 food poisoning cases this year, affecting 5,026 people and killing 33 others, the Thoi bao Kinh te newspaper reported, citing a health ministry official Dec. 25. Deputy Head of the Ministry of Health’s Food Hygiene...
Vietnam’s environment police are expected to find more than 4,500 cases violating environmental regulations across the country this year, up nearly 400% from a year earlier. The Ministry of Police’s Department of Environmental Police has imposed...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Denmark and Japan have pledged to fund a combined $510 million for Vietnam to deal with climate change, the Vietnam News Agency said Monday, citing a senior official. Minister of Natural Resources and...
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has approved a plan to spend VND30 billion ($1.6 million) for urgent anti-flood projects, the Thoi bao Ngan hang newspaper reported Dec. 23. The move is aimed at preventing waterlog and floods the city is...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will spend VND794 billion ($43 million) to upgrade more than 5,000 unsettled classrooms and build 80 national standard schools in 2010, the An Ninh Thu Do newspaper reported, citing a senior official. The capital...
Vietnam will send 1,000 students overseas for PhD training in 2010 in a bid to strengthen the capacity of local universities and academies, said Nguyen Xuan Vang director of the Vietnam International Education Department (VIED). This is part of the...
Vietnamese-American Associate Professor Vicky Thao D. Nguyen is among 100 prominent people who have been bestowed with U.S. President Barack Obama’s Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2009, state media reported Dec 23. This is the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a soft loan of $60 million to support Vietnam’s Secondary Education Sector Development Program (SESPD). ADB Country Director in Vietnam Ayumi Konishi and the State Bank of Vietnam’s Governor Nguyen Van...
The government of Vietnam considers its food security as a main issue in both short-term and long-term, the Saigon Giai Phong newspaper reported Dec. 24, citing Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. In the Decree No 63/NQ-CP issued Dec 23 on ensuring...
