The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) on Feb 13 released Document 380 saying that the maritime environment in the four central provinces affected by Formosa-related pollution has become safe, local media reported. The...
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will spend VND130 billion ($5.7 million) this year as part of a project titled Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta (AMD) which aims to help local farmers switch to sustainable production models to...
Two college programs of the Danang University of Science and Technology were officially awarded regional quality certificates from the ASEAN University Network (AUN), local media reported. Accordingly, the programs are the Electronics-...
The Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued an index of programs in education that can be covered by the state budget, local media reported. Accordingly, the state budget will pay for educational activities for disabled children in preschools,...
The capital city of Hanoi will strive to help 10,230 families rise out of poverty in 2017, equivalent to a 0.6% reduction in household poverty rate. To this goal, the municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs have drafted plans to...
For years, Ho Chi Minh City has gained achievement in poverty reduction which is a contributable factor to keep political and social order. Currently, it has carried out multi-dimensional poverty reduction program for the period 2016-2020. In the...
Roughly 17 million or more than 18% of Vietnam’s population had not entered the health insurance program by the end of 2016. Most are laborers, poor people and students, the Vietnam Social Insurance (VNSI) has said. A report from the agency showed...
Thousands of tourists flocked to the 2017 culture festival of Mong ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang from February 4-5. The annual event in Meo Vac district, the third of its kind, aims to preserve the traditional...
Located in the mountainous region of Quang Ngai, schools for ethnic minority students are often far away from residential areas, students therefore walk all day and through slippery roads to schools; sometimes, they must stay in school in meagerly...
Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (HNX: VCG), known as Vinaconex, has won a VND245 billion ($11 million) package of the Danang - Quang Ngai expressway, funded by the World Bank and the Japan International Cooperation...
