Vietnam now ranks 78th out of 172 countries surveyed in terms of new cancer patients, according to a recent report by the National Cancer Hospital. For every 100,000 people in Vietnam, 140 people are diagnosed with cancer, compared to the world...
More than 1.92 million households or 100% of the households in Ho Chi Minh City now have access to tap water, according to the city’s People’s Committee. The supply of clean water to all families helps improve the quality of life of local people as...
Ho Chi Minh City has about 2,000 kilometers of drainage canals, but many are seriously polluted. The pollution comes not only from factories and industrial zones, but also from residents’ littering. Residents in Hiep Phu ward in district 9 have...
Happy New Year, the Year of the Rooster, he said in Vietnamese. Prince William has sent Lunar New Year greetings to Vietnam in a new online video, while asking the country to continue its efforts to end wildlife poaching. In the video posted on the...
University of Science in Hanoi under the Vietnam National University (VNU) has just undertaken education quality evaluation under the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) criteria, becoming the first university in the Southeast Asian...
Defense Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich pledged to continue working closely with the Vietnam Association of the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) to support AO victims during a working session in Hanoi on January 18. Lich, who is also Vice Secretary...
A fire that blown up quickly in the midnight Jan 18 in Nha Trang city of Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa ruined more than 40 houses in a poor fishing village on the outskirts. The state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper reported that the flame started...
Disadvantaged kids and their teachers will receive dual-ethnic language textbooks as part of the plan. The World Bank has granted Vietnam a credit line of $77 million for a project to help reform the general education system in Vietnam. Vietnam will...
Central Highlands localities have provided nearly 4,500 poor ethnic minority households with land for production since 2013. The region has also assisted 2,000 more families with land for housing, according to the steering committee for the Central...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed two loan agreements totaling JPY21 billion (nearly $184 million) to finance institutional reforms and help Vietnam cope with climate change. Yasuo Fujita, chief representative of JICA...
