A new surgical technique developed by renowned obstetric surgeon Nguyen Viet Tien, also Deputy Health Minister, could replace the IVF (in-vitro fertilization) method for thousands of infertile women, state media reported. The National Hospital of...
Some 136 at-risk babies have received milk over two months from 46 donor mothers from the country’s first human milk bank at the Danang Hospital for Women and Children. International and Vietnamese experts on breastfeeding, newborn care and human...
Hanoi has lost as much as 80% of its water surface area for real estate projects, especially apartment blocks and high-rise buildings, over the past five decades, the newswire Zing.vn reported Wednesday. The water surface area in the city’s urban...
An action month on food safety will begin on April 15 in all provinces and cities across the country. The theme is producing, trading and using safe food and preventing liquor poisoning, according to the VietnamFood Administration (VFA) under the...
The capital city of Hanoi is taking measures to build a green and clean environment. Floating houses on West Lake (Ho Tay) were dismantled due to the pollution they caused while hundreds of public toilets were set up across the city. The city is...
The country’s wild bear population has declined sharply over the past 20 years, according to recent surveys carried out in 22 protected areas. The surveys were part of a three-year collaborative project by the Centre for Environment and Rural...
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked the Ministry of Public Security to make clear a case in which a resort project is allegedly using sand exploited from a river in Hoi An ancient town, a well-known tourist attraction in the...
Vietnam is drafting a new education program to introduce foreign languages into its first grade curriculum, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. Nguyen Minh Thuyet, head of the program, said it will mean primary school pupils would...
A plan to comprehensively transform Vietnam’s national education will include the elimination of its annual nationwide high school exam as a prerequisite for graduation. The academic and social performance of high school students will be evaluated...
Thousands of youngsters gathered in a ceremony in the central province of Quang Nam on April 4 to launch activities responding to the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. The event was jointly held by the State...
