In 2010, the Vietnamese government issued a National Action Programme to overcome the consequences of post-war ordnances in the 2010-2015 period (Programme 504). To manage, coordinate and implement the programme, on March 4, 2014, the Government...
Eighteen cooperatives with 70 households engaging in cow breeding and 14 households specializing in beekeeping in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have benefited from a livelihood support project financed by Samaritan’s Purse...
The principle of non-discrimination and equality among all members of the community is the core of the Vietnam’s constitutional system, and is concretized through various legislative reforms, Y Thong, deputy minister and vice chairman of Vietnam’s...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is expected to appraise and approve the feasibility study for the Sustainable Fisheries Development Project (SFDP), funded by the World Bank (WB), in June, a WB official has said.
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In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on March 26, Executive Senior Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yamada Junichi presented suggestions to expedite official development assistance (ODA) projects...
Patient B.T.D., a 21-year-old male student at Nha Trang University in Vietnam’s south-central province of Khanh Hoa, contracted A/H5N1 flu and passed away after several days on a ventilator, Dr. Ton That Toan, head of the Provincial Center for...
In an interview with Vietnam Plus reporters, USAID's Mission Director for Vietnam Ms. Aler Grubbs highlighted Vietnam's ongoing challenge in narrowing the diagnostic gap to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2035 as approximately 40% of TB cases in the...
Investing in ending tuberculosis is a path to sustainable development in Vietnam, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said, explaining that ending tuberculosis in Vietnam means reducing the risk of death for over 13,000 people annually and relieving...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s Criminal Investigation Police Department for Drug-related Crimes (C04) and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) jointly chaired the International Drug Enforcement Conference in the Asia...
The Ministry of Health’s Department of Legal Affairs is seeking expert opinions for the proposal on the establishment of a policy to ban the production, trade, import, and advertising of new tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, local...