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...
The Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health (IPMPH) and Methanol Institute (MI) on Mar 22 launched a program to protect people from improperly brewed, homemade alcohol and methanol-laced alcoholic drinks. Under the framework of the five-...
Ho Chi Minh City’s water supply is being threatened by saltwater intrusion in the Saigon and Dong Nai rivers, Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco) said Tuesday. The rivers are two main sources of water for Sawaco’s plants, which have a combined...
Vietnam joined many other countries around the world during the 2016 Earth Hour late on March 19 with the symbolic action of turning off unnecessary electrical devices for one hour and saved VND731.5 million ($32.810), state media reported....
Vietnam hopes for a closer coordination between Mekong countries in planning, using and regulating the water resources in the Mekong River, known as the Lancang in China, to ensure regional sustainable development, said Vietnamese Ambassador to...
An historic flood, similar to the flood that battered the central region with 2,000 mm of rain in 1999, is predicted to hit Vietnam in the second half of this year after the most severe drought in 100 years is forecasted to end by June. The flood...
Vietnam has raised the warning level for the Zika virus following the information about an Australian visitor who tested positive for Zika after returning from the coutry, state media reported. The Vietnam’s Ministry of Health was informed by the...
