The number of abortions has reduced in Vietnam though it remained high at around 280,000 last year, including 2% by teenagers, according to figures from the General Population and Family Planning Department. Department officials said at a recent...
Hanoi’s Department of Construction has asked for the quick resumption of water supply to thousands of households in the Dai Kim Urban Area. The Hanoi Housing and Urban Development JSC has been told to work with the Clean Water Investment and...
Authorities in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue has decided to establish a council to assess the damage caused to the province by a steel mill of the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Group after the firm was officially named the culprit...
As many 300 gift packs were handed over to poor families from the Raglai ethnic minority group in the central province of Ninh Thuan on July 2. The gifts were donated by Buddhist monks and followers from Thanh Long pagoda of the Vietnam Buddhist...
Save the Children Vietnam has decided to grant a financial support worth VND5.1 billion ($228,700) for the Mekong delta province of Ca Mau to carry out a programme in response to climate change. The programme will be implemented in Tan An and Tan An...
Ca Mau authorities on July 6 issued erosion warnings after the country’s southernmost province lost a vast area of coastal land. The new warnings are for 32 kilometers of coastline in Tran Van Thoi and U Minh Districts. The province has lost nearly...
The Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has carried out many significant measures to support victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin. In the 2011-2015 period, the association implemented the “Actions for...
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue asked the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) to increase lending under poverty alleviation programme such as credit for the poor, labor export schemes and economic projects which can create more jobs and...
Ethnic and religious work was carried out effectively during the first half of this year, according to the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilization. Thao Xuan Sung, deputy head of the commission, reported at a conference in...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have launched a project to support the government of Vietnam’s building industrial development strategies. The project costing $1.1...
