Vietnam will prioritize injecting combined DPT-VGB-Hib vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis B, and haemophilus influenza type B (Hib), also known as 5-in-1 vaccine, for the youngest age group from 2 months old and more, the...
Vietnam will launch free rotavirus vaccine administration for children at 33 localities nationwide from the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 and expand to the whole country by the end of 2025, informed Ms. Duong Thi Hong, Deputy Director of the Central...
Urban residents in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have endured a dense mist for over a week, a consequence of the concerning air pollution that necessitates the city to implement proactive measures to safeguard public health.
Hanoi has been...
Ten localities in Vietnam are taking actions to fight plastic pollution under Plastic Smart Cities (PSC), an initiative put forward by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
PSC, which aims to connect cities and tourist destinations in joint efforts...
Nearly 100 experts specializing in nature conservation and biodiversity gathered at a consultation workshop on reviewing the potential and way forward for Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in Vietnam held recently in Hanoi....
World leading scientists have contributed ideas and solutions on climate change response and greenhouse gas reduction towards net-zero emissions in Vietnam in 2050, during the ongoing 2023 VinFuture Sci-Tech Week in Hanoi.
Prof. Daniel Kammen,...
More than 1,100 natural disasters have taken place across Vietnam this year, heard a conference held by the office of the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in Hanoi on December 22.
Accordingly, natural disasters...
The French Government is willing to soon sign a new deal on education and training cooperation with the Vietnamese side, said French Ambassador to Vietnam Olivier Brochet.
Meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son in...
Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, suggested that the Japanese side studies and expands subjects of the co-operation programme whilst supporting Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin...
The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam will reduce to 2.93% in 2023, a drop of 1.1%age points compared to last year, according to the Government’s report on the implementation of the national program on sustainable poverty reduction.
The ratio...
