General News

  • The proportion of early-stage breast cancer diagnoses rose to over 75% in 2023 from the previous 30%, thanks to increased community awareness, according to data from the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital). This information was presented...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • The Food Safety Agency, under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 7 to announce the food safety management system in Vietnam under the...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Authorities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta are strengthening measures to cope with saltwater intrusion to mitigate its impacts on agricultural production in the ongoing dry season. The delta’s 12 provinces and Can Tho are starting the harvests of winter-...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, many rice farmers are facing water shortage caused by saltwater intrusion up rivers from the sea. Many still have late winter-spring rice to harvest because of the high rice prices a few months ago...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnam is capable of selling around 40 million carbon credits for $200 million in revenue annually, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)’s Department of Forestry calculated. Vietnam is set to transfer to Emergent, a non-profit...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi recorded levels of hazardous small particles (PM2.5) in the air at 187 micrograms per cubic meter on late March 4, which was the highest among a list of most polluted international cities, according to data from...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • The disaster risk reduction partnership’s plan for 2025-2030 will be developed in accordance with the Vietnamese government’s priorities on natural disaster prevention and the strategic goals of all partners, said Resident Coordinator of the United...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh met with South Korean Ambassador Choi Young-sam in Hanoi on March 6 to expand cooperation between the two nations in resources and environment, local media reported. During the...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Four red-crowned cranes were spotted at the Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on March 7, the forest’s management board has reported. The birds stayed on the feeding ground in Zone A5 for about 30 minutes then flew...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son and his Australian counterpart Brendan O'Connor signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on March 7 on enhancing bilateral cooperation in education, local media reported. The event took...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024