What started out as a gesture of good will has become Richard Hughes’ passion and destiny as he knocks on doors and crosses oceans in search of justice for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. Richard "Dick" Hughes is an American actor who gained...
Representatives from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Irish Embassy in Vietnam joined a workshop last weekend to review the integration of policies on poverty reduction in the Southeast Asian country in 2015 – 2016 and set plans...
A workshop was held in the northern mountainous province of Son La on March 24 to review the integration of policies on poverty reduction from 2015 – 2016 and set plans for 2017 – 2020. The event was jointly organized by the Ministry of Labor, War...
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved a plan to seek The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s recognition of “Then” singing. The compilation of the dossier will be summit to UNESCO before March 31st, 2017...
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) will provide Vietnam $43 million in soft loan to sustainably improve income and reduce climate vulnerability of farm households in northeastern Vietnam. The credit agreement was signed...
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) coordinated with its partners to review a project establishing a sustainable pangasius supply chain in Ho Chi Minh City on Mar 29. The project, financed by the EU under the EU SWITCH...
Governor Le Minh Hung of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the country’s central bank, has signed an agreement to borrow $100 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a climate change adaptation project which will be conducted in the central...
Vietnam will give priority to generic drugs in substitution of brand-name drugs to reduce medicine costs for patients, the Vietnam Investment Review reported in its March 20-26 publication. According to the Government Office’s Document No. 1649/VPCP...
A national vaccination information management system will be applied at all vaccination facilities in Hanoi from April 1 in a bid to increase vaccination rates for under-one children in the city. The municipal Department of Health organized training...
Food safety is becoming a great concern for the public, according to a report released by the World Bank in Vietnam during a seminar in Hanoi on March 27. The report showed that 80% of pork and 85% of vegetables are mostly sold in wet markets in...
