General News

  • The Vietnamese southern province of Dong Nai’s Union of Friendship Organizations mobilized nearly VND110 billion ($4.58 million) from international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 2023, up by VND37.7 billion y/y. The amount was released at...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • Vietnam’s Hanoi has set the goal of no deaths due to malaria in the community during the 2024-2025 period in its recently issued plan, local media reported. Under the latest plan for preventing the resurgence of malaria after its elimination and...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • The baby with prenatal heart surgery, the first case in Vietnam, was born healthy weighing 2.9kg on January 30 at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, local media reported. Dr. Tran Ngoc Hai, director of Tu Du Hospital, stated that the baby's...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • Vietnamese Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan met with Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director in Vietnam Shantanu Chakraborty in Hanoi on January 31 to discuss measures to promote health cooperation projects, local media reported. At the...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • Vietnam has grappled with the fifth global burden of chronic fungal diseases, including 15,000 cases of invasive lung fungal infections and 55,000 cases of chronic lung fungal infections caused by Aspergillus annually, officials said. Health...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) will accelerate digital transformation to ensure effective management, exploitation and protection of water resources. According to the 2024 plan to move towards smart water resource...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • French Ambassador to Vietnam Olivier Brochet affirmed his government’s support for Vietnam in the fight against climate change at a meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh in Hanoi on January 29, local...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City is calling for investment in three planned wastewater treatment projects to treat about 365,000 cubic meters of wastewater a day in Thu Duc City. The planned wastewater treatment projects include Bac Saigon 1 with a...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • The Korea Safety Education Association has proposed building a safety experience center in the northern province of Ha Nam, the largest one in Vietnam, with an estimated cost of $50 million, local media reported. Representatives of the association...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024
  • Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently appointed and reassigned Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Chi, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc in central Nghe An province, as Deputy Minister of Education and Training, local...
    Monday, 5th February, 2024