General News

  • The 'Turning waste into capital to support women's entrepreneurship' model has, over the past three years, attracted and supported more than 21,000 local women in Tran Van Thoi District, in Vietnam’s southern province of Ca Mau. It has not only...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • Vietnamese lawmakers have emphasized the need for education in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during the National Assembly's (NA) discussion on adjusting investment policies in the national target program for socio-economic development in...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • Vietnam is the second largest recipient of international aid in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia. Research from Australia’s Lowy Institute released on Monday shows that from 2015 to 2022 Southeast Asia received a total aid commitment of $380 billion...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • The European Union (EU) will support Vietnam in promoting a green transition and sustainable development, particularly in the railway sector, EU Ambassador to Vietnam Julien Guerrier said at a working session with Minister of Transport Nguyen Van...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • The World Bank has approved a $107 million credit to enhance the capacity, efficiency, and safety of inland waterways in the southern region of Vietnam, while also aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector. The newly approved...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • The Department of Health in Vietnam’s Hanoi announced the first case of Japanese encephalitis in the city this year, local media reported. The patient, a 12-year-old boy from the northern province of Phuc Tho, began showing symptoms on May 31,...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • Australia, in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), will hand over ARV drugs to the Vietnam Ministry of Health on June 20, addressing significant challenges in purchasing the HIV treatment drugs. The ARV drugs, including the first-...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • Vietnam has targeted to expand its organ donation network to 600 hospitals with potential brain-dead donors in a bid to boost transplant sources, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dong Van He, director of the National Coordination Center for Organ...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • As the scorching summer heat intensifies, residents in several mountainous and coastal areas of Vietnam’s central province Quang Binh are facing a severe shortage of potable water. In Tien Phong Village, Trung Hoa Commune, Minh Hoa District, nearly...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024
  • Scientists at the Institute of Chemistry of Natural Compounds have analyzed over 500 marine organism samples to establish Vietnam's first marine lipid database, local media reported. This achievement follows over two decades of research led by...
    Monday, 24th June, 2024