Vietnam has recognized contributions of foreign NGOs in Vietnam over the past years. Foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have contributed $300 million annually over the past five years, the government’s website reported. “This is a huge...
The construction of the Danang-Quang Ngai Expressway, funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank (WB), in Vietnam is being hampered by capital shortage for site clearance and issues on compensation. Vietnam lacks VND1...
The U.S. government will provide an assistance of $20.5 million for Vietnam in the fiscal year of 2016 to help the Southeast Asian nation enhance its maritime capacity to protect its sovereignty in the East Sea amid China’s increasing aggressiveness...
Vietnam’s central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has recorded nearly 5,500 dengue fever cases in the year to date, up over 5-fold from the whole year of 2014, according to the local health department in a meeting on Nov. 19 with the provincial People...
The Hanoi People's Committee has approved a plan to build a high-quality medical facility at the Oncology Hospital to meet the increasing demand for health check-ups and treatment. The building will be located in the campus of the Ha Noi-based...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health urged parents to bring toddlers under 12 months to health facilities for oral polio vaccines (OPVs) today, as neighboring Laos has detected cases of polio. Localities with high risk of infection are launching campaigns...
Quang Ninh Province is looking to reduce 7.02 million tones of greenhouse gases by 2020 under its Green Growth Plan by 2020, it was announced today. The provincial Planning and Investment Department and the Japan International Co-operation Agency in...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), through a project launched since June 2009, has helped improve environmental protection in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, one of the world’s natural heritages. The agency has helped authorities in the...
The European Union (EU) is committed to collaborating with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other sponsors to assist Vietnam in climate change adaptation, Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam, Ambassador Bruno Angelet, said at a...
Growing bioenergy plants in abandoned mining sites could help with environmental protection and climate change adaptation, experts said at a workshop in Hanoi on November 19. Hoang Duong Tung, Deputy Head of the Vietnam Environment Administration...