The Vietnamese government will soon establish an interdisciplinary working group, led by Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong, to address shortcomings in the deployment of World Bank-funded projects in the country, an official...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) expects to receive further support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for relevant projects, Deputy Minister Hoang Trung said.
Mr. Trung made the proposal while hosting an ADB...
The fifth year (October 1, 2023-September 30, 2024) of the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EPIC), a joint project between the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention...
The Australian Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) on November 9 launched a photo exhibition that features development achievements of foreign non-Governmental organizations (NGOs) that are partners of...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has recorded 28,483 dengue fever cases since early 2023, up 2.7% y/y, according to the municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
During the period, the city logged four dengue deaths and 1,520 dengue fever...
The Vietnam One Health 2023 High Level Forum For Zoonoses in 2021-2025 took place in Hanoi on November 7 with the co-organization of the U.S. Agency for International Cooperation (USAID), local media reported.
The forum aimed to summarize the...
The 2023 International Conference on Digital Health is taking in Hanoi on November 8-9 as part of efforts to step up collaboration between Vietnam and Australia in health digital transformation, local media said.
The hybrid event is held by the...
More than 6,000 cancer patients have been provided with treatment drugs with a total value of VND1.6 trillion (nearly $66 million) from 2019 to the end of August 2023, heard a conference held by the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on November 8....
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta provinces are facing potential water shortages due to prolonged drought and seawater intrusion, a situation that may persist until the dry season of 2024-2025, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The El...
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the United Nations (UN), stressed the need to mobilize the political will and action of the international community to respond to sea-level rise.
Speaking at the Informal Plenary...
