Vietnamese doctors have successfully performed 1,500 kidney transplants, 50 liver transplants and 13 heart cases to date. The figures were revealed during a scientific conference on endolaparoscopic surgery which kicked off in the central Hue city...
Vietnam is using its major rivers as dumping grounds or excavation sites, and this poses a risk of severe water shortage for tens of millions of people in the near future, experts warn. Members of Vietnam Rivers Network (VNR), the country’s largest...
Air pollution in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City has risen to alarming levels due to waste, dust and noise pollution, and has affected the health of area residents. In a report issued in November by the Environment Department of the Ministry of Transport...
Vietnam proactively contributed to the 21st UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris. Vietnam is undertaking a number of measures to minimize impact of climate change. With the current increase rate of green house gas emissions, the earth’s...
Tropical storm Melor has entered the Vietnamese East Sea to become the fifth storm hitting the country so far this year after traversing through the Philippines, according to National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The center has asked...
Auto Motors Vietnam, the importer of Renault cars in Vietnam, and Mai Linh Group signed an agreement to launch the electric taxi service next year in Vietnam on December 16 to reduce gas emissions and improve environment in major cities, state media...
Vietnam’s northern highlands is in its coldest time of the year and many primary school children are still going to school in thin clothes, bare heads and some even without sandals. Teachers at a boarding school in Son La, one of the country’s...
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)’s assistance to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) has cemented agreements between the two countries, KOICA Vietnam Country Director Chang Jae-yun said. At a meeting with Vietnamese...
A conference was held in Hanoi on December 10 to seek rapid and sustainable poverty reduction measures for the northwestern region, where the number of low-income households is highest in Vietnam. The Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region...
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Vietnam (UNICEF) and the Johnson & Johnson Company signed an agreement on improving health for disadvantaged ethnic minority women and children in Hanoi on December 9. The targeted localities are Dien Bien,...
