Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed a ban on logging off natural forests to protect more than 2.25 million hectares of natural forests in the Central Highlands regardless of licensed projects. Closing natural forests must be done...
The Mekong Delta, the biggest agricultural areas in Vietnam, has incurred losses of nearly VND4.73 trillion ($212.06 million) due to the long-lasting drought and salinization which started in November last year. Specifically, saltwater intrusion and...
A workshop was held in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on June 23 to intensify communication calling for people to stop using products from endangered and rare animals and plants. The event was jointly organized by the Party Central...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training has asked universities and institutes for Doctorate degree certification for a strict review of their syllabuses, state media reported. The ministry review will assess the quality of Doctorate-degree...
Foreign Trade University has just become the latest Vietnamese university to join the ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance (AUN-QA), state media reported. According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Anh Tuan, rector of FTU, the university has...
South Korea on June 14 agreed with Vietnam to push ahead with a joint project to remove land mines and leftover unexploded ordnance (UXO) at the sites of hard fought battles in the Southeast Asian country. The support will help Vietnam remove...
Vietnam has completed the first phase of a national map that outlines mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) left over from past wars after years of surveys and clearance efforts, the newswire VnExpress reported, citing the Ministry of Defense. The...
The Good Neighbours International (GNI) in Vietnam and Ninh Thuan People’s Committee presented gifts to poor households in Bac Ai and Ninh Phuoc districts. More than 500 gift packages of necessities for daily life were given to poor households in...
The southernmost province of Ca Mau has zoned 800,000 square meters of land for underprivileged Khmer ethnic residents this year. The provincial People’s Committee said 2,500 – 4,000 square meters of land will be given to each Khmer ethnic family...
The Government has issued a resolution on promoting human resources development in ethnic minority inhabited areas in 2016-2020, with orientation towards 2030. Objectives of the plan are to comprehensively improve health, awareness, manners,...
