President Truon Tan Sang said he hopes the World Bank (WB) will support Vietnam in coping with the prolonged salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta during a meeting with WB Country Director to Vi?t Nam Victoria Kwakwa yesterday. He briefed the WB...
The Russian government will grant 855 scholarships to Vietnamese students in the category of university degree, masters, PhD and trainees, state media reported. Accordingly, the undergraduate degree takes from four to five years, master degree two...
Tan Hiep Village in Cam Tuyen Commune, Cam Lo District in the central province of Quang Tri is called the “bomb sawing village” because nearly 90% of the villagers used to earn their living searching for scrap metal left from wars. Several years ago...
A delegation of Chapter 60 of the U.S. Veterans For Peace (VFP) is visiting Vietnam’s central city of Danang in a bid to enhance bilateral cooperation, state media has reported. The delegation, led by Searcy Charles Mathes, was received by Huynh Duc...
Twelve mixed media paintings by Hanoi-based artist Nguyen The Hung that will be on show at the Craig Thomas Gallery in HCM City from March 25 to April 21 along with a fascinating story about how the Dao and Mong ethnic groups live. “The idea for...
Vietnam signed $27.78 billion of official development assistance (ODA) and soft loans in the 2011-2015 period, according to the government’s report submitted to the National Assembly on March 21. Of the sum, $26.53 billion was soft loans, accounting...
The World Bank (WB) has confirmed a package of $239 million from the bank’s International Development Association (IDA) and $46 million from International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to implement the second phase of the Coastal...
A pair of surrogate twins were born last week in Tu Du Hospital in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City, marking the first twins given birth by a surrogate mother in the Southeast Asian country. The twins, who are two boys weighing 2....
Vietnam records some 130,000 new tuberculosis (TB) patients each year, but many cases remain undiscovered, allowing the disease to spread in the community, officials said. Only 70% of TB cases have been discovered, creating the risk of undetected...
A meeting was held at the Hanoi Lung Hospital on March 24 in response to World Tuberculosis Day. The event aims to call on the public to join in activities to prevent tuberculosis (TB) and lung disease. Director of the hospital Pham Huu Thuong said...
