The 12th National Party Congress resolution identifies one of the most important tasks for social affairs as reducing the poverty rate by 1-1.5% per year, together with sustainable poverty reduction. To realize the target, Ky Son district in the...
The number of people suffering hunger in Vietnam in July hit an estimated 100,000, nearly five times higher than that in the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). A sharp rise in the number of hungry people was...
Local authorities in the southern province of Kien Giang has opened 297 classes of Khmer language this summer, attracting 7,325 monks and children of the Khmer ethnic group, according to the provincial Board of Ethnic Affairs. Most of the classes...
Laos will be connected with Vietnam’s national power grid thanks to a project receiving technical and financial support from the World Bank (WB), according to state utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the country’s sole power distributor. Australia-...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on July 27 unveiled a $26 million project to promote and ensure sustainable HIV/AIDS prevention and combat in Vietnam, state media reported. The Sustainable HIV Response from Technical Assistance...
Four Vietnamese state agencies and 33 provincial delegations in the country’s legislative body National Assembly (NA) have expressed their willingness to participate in the parliament’s supervision program on food safety and hygiene amid increasing...
Eight inspection teams from the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) have checked Zika virus disease and dengue fever prevention and control measures in 16 provinces and cities, state media reported. The inspection showed that most localities were...
Vietnam reports nearly 45,000 people infected with dengue fever in the first seven months of this year, up 2.6-fold over the same period last year, state media reported. At least 14 people were killed and infections were recorded in 46 out of 63...
Vietnam is one of the countries with a high rate of hepatitis B and C, with serious consequences for the patients, including chronic conditions and liver cancer, according to the Preventive Medicines Department under the Ministry of Health (MoH)....
The Mekong Delta, the biggest granary and aquatic pond in Vietnam, is highly vulnerable to more drought and salinization in the future when the neighbor countries in the lower Mekong River basin are in the process of diverting the river water to...
