The adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) in Vietnam has been slow due to financial and technological constraints, local and foreign media reported.
So far, 70 healthcare facilities have transitioned to EMRs out of nearly 1,500 public...
Vietnam’s Law on Water Resources 2023, officially effective from July 1, marks a leap forward in mindset, approach, and changes in water resources management methods to ensure that they are managed as national assets that belong to the entire people...
Vietnam recorded an economic loss of more than VND1.72 trillion ($71.8 million) due to natural disasters in the first half (H1) of this year, increasing by 2.5 times y/y, according to the latest data from the General Statistics Office (GSO).
In H1,...
Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, permanent representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO), and other international organizations in Geneva,called for international cooperation to address climate change impacts on...
Together with other countries in the world, Vietnam has been taking actions to reduce plastic waste and the use of single-use plastic bags, towards a plastic bag free community.
According to the Worldwatch Institute, it is estimated that since 2002...
Post-war recovery cooperation is the best way that helps Vietnam and the US heal the wound of war, contributing to building trust and expanding the bilateral collaboration in many other fields, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc said on...
Vietnam’s General Statistics Office (GSO) and the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs will jointly conduct information collection for a survey on socio-economic situation of the 53 ethnic minority groups across the country from July 1,...
The World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide a loan of $107 million to enhance the capacity, efficiency, and safety of inland waterways in southern Vietnam and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, state media reported.
The loan will...
Nearly 2,000 children in Vietnam have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, experts have quoted data from district-level hospitals as saying.
They announced the information during a training program on implementing Guidelines for Diagnosis and...
Le Thien Quynh Nhu, chief of office at the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, pointed out four key difficulties in monitoring and managing drug sales and advertising on social media platforms in Vietnam during a press conference on June 27....
