Vietnam’s four central cities namely Danang, Hue, Hoi An, and Dong Ha have agreed to join One Planet City Challenge – a program invited by the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) – to show how they can be a hub for creativity, ambition, and innovation...
A public petition calling for proper compensation in the Formosa environmental case posted on the website: https://thamhoaformosa.com (meaning Formosa disaster) has drawn in over 61,000 signatures as of March 27, the Radio Free Asia (RFA)’s...
Life is hard in the borderland, but teachers in the mountainous province of Lai Châu are doing their best to bring young children to school so that they can learn how to read and write. Impoverished villages located deep in the country’s northern...
Because of increasingly stricter requirements for skilled workers, many vocational schools have paid heed to improving training via greater participation in skills competitions. These contests offer a playing field for students to show their skills...
Vietnamese universities and colleges, managed by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), are planning to grant admission to about 392,000 students in 2017, down 30,000 students from last year, even though the number of students registering to...
Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked localities nationwide not to collect fees from candidates participating in the national high school exam, local media reported. The PM asked the People’s Committees of provinces and cities across the...
The local authorities in the central highlands province of Dak Nong successfully dismantled and safely detonated over 18 bombs and artillery shells found by local farmers on March 24. The provincial Engineer Service Office and the armed force of Dak...
The Ho Chi Minh city Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients in collaboration with Hanwha Life has presented 9,561 medical insurance cards, worth nearly VND2 billion, to poor people in 8 localities. Accordingly, the medical insurance cards have...
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...
Netherlands’ Consulate General in HCM City on March 20 organised a talk to share the European country’s experience in developing sustainable agriculture in the context of climate change. According to Marjolijn Sonnema, Deputy Minister in charge of...
