Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has promulgated an action plan with the aim of promoting cooperation, sharing and monitoring trans-boundary water resources from now to 2020. The plan also looks to improving the...
Marine pollution will culminate in the degradation of marine biodiversity, especially coral reefs which cover about 1,122 sq.km. of seabed off Vietnam’s coast. According to the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands, about 20% of reefs have...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) responded to the World Wetlands Day with a ceremony in northern Thai Binh province on February 5, stressing the role of wetlands in disaster risk reduction. The function in Thuy Xuan...
President Tran Dai Quang has urged the education sector to focus on developing high quality human resources and training “global citizens” in the wake of the fourth industrial revolution, especially in IT, nano technology, automation,...
As many as 698 households in eight hamlets in Van Lang commune of Dong Hy district, northern Thai Nguyen province, have got access to the national grid after a project was completed on January 24. With an investment of VND10.68 billion, the project...
Nearly 1,000 families of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak gained access to electricity of the national grid on January 23, just a few days ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year. They reside in the districts of Ea Kar, M’...
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has ratified a project to enhance transport connectivity for the Central Highlands region, funded by the World Bank (WB), state media reported. The Deputy PM assigned the Ministry of Finance to work...
Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Le Minh Hung has recently signed the loan agreement to borrow $80 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the Greater Mekong Sub-region Health Security project. Accordingly, the project’s management...
The Department of Preventive Medicine under Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has recently issued preventive measures against diphtheria as the disease is identified as the cause of two deaths among a series of recent deaths and infections in the central...
The Ministry of Health said it will step up administrative reform and improve public services to increase the satisfaction of people and businesses in 2017. It will also promote the application of information technology and communications in its...
