General News

  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has announced plans to assist local facilities in collecting and recycling waste, including used batteries. The move was an answer to voters' concerns about unsafe battery disposal in many...
    Tuesday, 12th December, 2023
  • Vietnam is one of the first 63 countries to join the Global Cooling Pledge proposed by President of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) Sultan Al Jaber within the framework of COP28 recently held in Dubai, the United Arab...
    Tuesday, 12th December, 2023
  • The Netherlands is willing to foster cooperation with Vietnam in the field of climate change adaptation and environment, said CEO of the SNV Simon O’Connell. The CEO made the statement while meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and...
    Tuesday, 12th December, 2023
  • The national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control held a meeting with international partners in Hanoi on December 8, highlighting the role of early warning and early action in natural disaster risk mitigation. Dao Thi Hong...
    Tuesday, 12th December, 2023
  • Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a decision promulgating a training and certificate granting program for foreigners teaching English language at foreign language and information technology centers in Vietnam. This program aims to...
    Tuesday, 12th December, 2023
  • The Military Command in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri, in collaboration with the Golden West Organization of the U.S., on Tuesday defused two war-time bombs in Huong Hoa mountainous district. After receiving information from local...
    Friday, 1st December, 2023
  • Vietnam targets to bring national poverty rate down to around 0.9% from the current 2.93%, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. The country poverty rate decreased by 1%-1.5% on average annually, and over 3% among ethnic...
    Friday, 1st December, 2023
  • The rate of malnutrition and stunting in children under 16 years old in poor districts and extremely difficult communes in Vietnam’s coastal, coastal, and island areas is expected to decrease to 38% in 2023 thanks to the implementation of a project...
    Friday, 1st December, 2023
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners vow to assist the Vietnamese government and people in fighting antimicrobial resistance (AMR), said WHO Representative in Vietnam Dr. Angela Pratt. The WHO official made her statement at a...
    Friday, 1st December, 2023
  • The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) handed over reagents to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) under Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) for diphtheria investigation and surveillance on November 22, local...
    Friday, 1st December, 2023