The city’s poverty rate at the end of last year was 0.5% based on a per capita income of VND16 million ($711). From just income, the method of calculating poverty has been modified this year to a multi-dimensional approach based also on education,...
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has hosted a reception for Danish Ambassador Charlotte Laursen and outgoing Swedish Ambassador Camilla Mellander. Meeting Ambassador Laursen, Ngan said Vietnam values the development of a...
The O Du are one of the five smallest ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Most of the 400 surviving O Du live in Vang Mon hamlet, Tuong Duong district, Nghe An province. O Du people have their own language, culture, and customs, but these are in danger of...
A large-scale Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of Cham people kicked off on July 15 in An Phu district, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. cham culture, sports and tourism festival opens in an giang hinh 0. The festival gathered nearly 600...
The Plan International Vietnam cooperates with the central province of Quang Tri to launch projects to improve life, health and nutrition for poor children in disadvantaged districts in Quang Tri. The provincial People’s Committee and the Plan...
Action Aid International Vietnam has provided Long Phu district, in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang with VND18 billion ($807,000) in funding over the past decade under a development support program. The program, which has been transferred...
The State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank (WB) on July 11 signed agreements for loans and credits worth $560 million for two projects to support urban development, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods in the Mekong Delta, the country...
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is striving to increase the number of drug addicts accessing methadone treatment to 8,000, state media reported. Since the methadone program began in 2008, more than 4,000 local addicts have so far been treated with...
Vietnam’s Health minister has asked central and local medical facilities nationwide to review hospital services offered by private organizations and individuals, state media reported. Accordingly, hospitals must punish and terminate contracts with...
Japanese encephalitis is quickly spreading in the Vietnam’s northern provinces, according to Tran Dac Phu Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health. About 15 cases who suffered from Japanese encephalitis were...
