Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a directive asking state agencies to take bold measures to combat any activities relating to trafficking of wild animals, especially transnational cases, according to the Government News Portal...
A senior official from Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) on Sept.22 said at a conference in Hanoi that environment watchdogs will focus on checking the group companies and projects that are most polluting. Speaking at...
The Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) group has called on member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to vote against Swaziland’s proposal to legalese the rhino horn trade. Ahead...
The Committee for Culture, Education, Adolescents, and Children of Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly (NA) has supported the establishment of education institutions which are run by religious sects. The move will help religious sects...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) will issue a teaching program for Russian and Chinese as first foreign languages for students from grade three at elementary schools to grade 12 at high school from next year, state media reported...
Deputy head of the Steering Committee for Central Highlands Region Dieu Kre received deputy head of the Lao Central Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Thongvanh Vilayheuang in Dak Lak province on September 13. At the event, they...
A Vietnamese alumna of Oxford University has established a foundation to construct bridges to facilitate travel in isolated communities in Vietnam. The Nam Phuong Foundation, founded in 2013, is the first philanthropic organization set up by...
A project to improve the livelihoods of poor farmers and help them adapt to climate change has aided 2,400 households in southern Tien Giang province from 2013. Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Le...
The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long has proposed the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs expand forms of assistance to ethnic minority groups. At a working session with the committee’s delegation on September 16, the provincial officials...
The Mother Tongue - based Bilingual Education project funded by UNICEF in Vietnam has proven effective, benefiting teachers, pupils, and education managers in the beneficiary localities, heard a conference in Hanoi on September 16. Addressing the...
