The rate of infant deaths is much higher than that caused by traffic accidents, but the problem has yet to receive the attention it deserves, said Ha Thanh Binh, an official in charge of health and nutrition issues for the Save the Children...
Around 20,000 poor residents in Ho Chi Minh City will be able to access clean water next year under a 249,000-euro (US$366,000) project funded by Dutch organization Water for Life Fund (WFL). According to an agreement recently signed between WFL and...
The two countries signed an agreement to the effect on Tuesday.The signatories were Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh and director general of Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Anders Nordstrom. The Swedish support...
The US$13.2 million program, titled “Strengthening the comprehensive capacity of the inspectorate system,” includes 10 sub-projects involving select ministries and provinces. The Vietnamese government will contribute about $1.4 million to the...
All four men, Ngo Dinh Giang, Le Van Khoi, Duong Van Dinh, and Mai Van Thong from neighboring provinces, were still alive, said Le Minh Chuan, deputy general director of the Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), which owns the...
The two girls, who shared no internal organs other than breastbone and pericardium, are improving after the operation, said Dr. Nguyen Thanh Liem, the hospital’s director. They will remain under close observation due to their congenital heart...
The two deaths reported by the HCMC Health Department were a 13-year-old from the Mekong Delta province of Long An and a 49-year-old Australian. The child, who was overweight and also had kidney failure, died from a lung infection caused by the H1N1...
A rapid response team from the Commission's humanitarian aid department (ECHO) is also being sent to Vietnam to assess needs in the stricken area. The most recent reports from Vietnam are that at least 347,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged...
Under the plan, motorbike owners will pay a one-time fee between VND300,000 and VND1.5 million (US$17-84) when they have a new motorbike registered. The annual vehicle fee for cars and trucks will start at VND1.2 million ($67). The revenues would...
The US said the US$1.69-million project will involve building a secure landfill site to hold contaminated soil and sediment at Da Nang airport. Working with the government of Vietnam, the US expects the project to be finished within a year, a US...
