Vietnam’s prime minister has approved the portfolio of a health cooperation program sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the 2016-2017 fiscal years. The project aims to assist the health sector in Vietnam to implement...
The World Bank (WB) is committed to supporting Vietnam in completing its goals set in the national strategy on medical development from 2016-2020. WB Country Director in Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa made the statement at a meeting between the Health...
Authorities in this southern province will start constructing a 10km-long pipeline to supply clean water to residents in Tan Phu Dong Island District later this month. The pipeline, which crosses the Cuu Tieu River to reach the island district, will...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has fined two hydroelectricity plants in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak for violating regulations on water use as stipulated in the government’s decree. The decision on fining was...
The Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the portfolio of the project funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to assist the building of development policies and strategy for the industrial sector....
Drought and salt intrusion has worsened and damaged a large shrimp farming area in the Mekong Delta since the beginning of this year, causing material shortage for export processing plants, state media has reported. Shrimp breeders have suffered...
Vietnam needs urgent supports of international community to cope with ongoing droughts and salinization as the situation becomes too severe that the country can deal with, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat. Speaking at...
A total of 11 provinces in the Mekong Delta and Central Highland regions have announced an emergency state of drought and saline intrusion, reported Nhan dan newspaper. These localities are Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan in the central region, Tien Giang,...
Japan might need to recruit 30,000 foreign information technology (IT) engineers especially from India and Vietnam to work in the country in the next four years. Nguyen Doan Hung, chairman of the Vietnam - Japan IT Cooperation Club (VJC) made the...
Soldiers in Nghe An Province have safely removed a 250-kilogram Vietnam War bomb from a local house after it was found by some construction workers. A huge bomb found three meters underground in Nghe An Province March 6. The two-meter bomb was...
