Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Health to seek measures to effectively monitor the implementation of regulations in antibiotic prescription and use in medical facilities and strictly handle violations, state media...
An outbreak of chickenpox has been reported at Gunze Vietnam Co Ltd in HCM City’s Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone, with 30 people contracting the disease since November 17, according to the HCM City Preventive Health Centre. The centre warned that...
Stepping up water resources planning is among the core tasks the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has set for 2017, aiming to complete a national water resources planning by 2020 and others for major river basins. The ministry assigned...
The Hanoi People’s Committee has directed the strict control of food origin and production to ensure food safety. Accordingly, all stages, from production to distribution, will be inspected. Food sellers are required to have means to preserve their...
Vietnam suffered losses of VND18.3 trillion ($813 million) caused by natural disasters in 2016, accounting for 0.4% of the country’s total GDP in the year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO). The GSO report showed that in...
State-run Vietnam Plus news outlet on January 5 posted an infographic on the size of Vietnam’s natural forests over the past three decades, from 14.3 million hectares in 1945 to 9.89 million ha in 1985, and 12.7 million ha in 2005, to 14.06 million...
Noise pollution in big cities and urban areas has become more serious, badly affecting residents’ quality of life, but punishment of polluters remains ineffective. Noise pollution is attributed to traffic, factories and constructions sites. With the...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has recently announced the Vietnam Young Leader Awards (VYLA), an annual scholarship co-sponsored by the MoET and the US-based Indiana University Bloomington. The scholarship program is opening for...
Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) has launched a humanitarian campaign to help the poor and Agent Orange (AO) victims prepare for the upcoming traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) festival. The annual campaign, called "Tet for the poor and Agent Orange...
Moved by her great sympathy for Agent Orange victims, Le Thi Thanh Thuy, Director of the Petrolimex Bank in Ba Ria Vung Tau province, has worked actively to help them. Over the years, Thuy has taken part in many charity programs for AO victims. Born...
