General News

  • Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN, emphasized Vietnam's active support for UNESCO's role in promoting global education as a member of UNESCO's Executive Board. Ambassador Giang made this statement at the...
    Monday, 20th May, 2024
  • Ruling on the lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga against 14 US chemical corporations that supplied Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin for the US army during the war in Vietnam is scheduled to be issued on August 22, the Court of Appeal of Paris...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • Over the recent years, central and local policies have helped many ethnic minority households in Bu Gia Map, an extremely disadvantageous commune in the district of the same name in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc province, to overcome...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • The second phase of the Gender-Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT 2) program was launched in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Son La on May 10. The event was co-hosted by the provincial People’s Committee and the...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has agreed to raise the total investment of the Northern Mountain Provinces Transport Connectivity Project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian government to nearly VND6.02 trillion ($250...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • The UK-funded Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA), which is part of the UK government’s efforts to support Vietnam to meet the commitments at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), has announced 11 low-carbon projects across Vietnam for its...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • The Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) will finance eight new agricultural projects in Vietnam in 2024-2027, with a total funding of over $8 million, local media reported. The information was announced at the ACIAR-...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • A comprehensive report from nearly 700 healthcare facilities, including hospitals under the Ministry of Health and local health authorities, showed that there were 1,224 hospitalizations due to the use of electronic cigarettes in Vietnam in 2023,...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • On May 6, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health’s General Office for Population and Family Planning stated that the theme for 2024 World Thalassemia Day (May 8) is "Enhancing dissemination of information and access to services regarding Thalassemia to...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • The Drug Administration of Vietnam, under the Ministry of Health, has announced that Vietnam no longer uses the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, local media reported. The announcement came as British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024