General News

  • The opening of floodgates at the upstream of Red river in China’s land will cause harm to the downstream in Vietnam, many Vietnamese experts have said following the water discharge that submerged many parts of the lowland in Vietnam on Oct 11. The...
    Monday, 19th October, 2015
  • Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) on October 14 recognized partners from government and the media for their outstanding efforts in wildlife conservation at an awards ceremony held at the Sofitel Plaza Hanoi Hotel. In the outstanding enforcement...
    Monday, 19th October, 2015
  • FPT Education system, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s leading technology firm FPT Corporation, on October 13 held a ceremony to launch the online university FUNiX. The first online university in Vietnam adopts new training methods, grants Information...
    Monday, 19th October, 2015
  • The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) shared experiences in ethnic and religious affairs towards tightening relations between the two countries’ Parties, States and peoples. During their talks in the...
    Monday, 12th October, 2015
  • The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) shared experiences in ethnic and religious affairs towards tightening relations between the two countries’ Parties, States and peoples. During their talks in the...
    Monday, 12th October, 2015
  • A waste treatment plant mostly funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has been inaugurated in Vietnam’s northwestern province of Lao Cai, marking it the northwest’s biggest, state media reported. Costing an investment of VND81.25...
    Monday, 12th October, 2015
  • Australia has pledged to fund Vietnam an estimated amount of AUD89.6 million ($63.75 million) in the fiscal year 2015-2016, including AUD58.4 million worth of direct bilateral assistance. The aid is part of the Australian government’s Aid Investment...
    Monday, 12th October, 2015
  • Increasing rates of dementia are becoming a concern in Vietnam, according to medical experts. According to Professor Dr. Le Van Thinh, Chairman of the Hanoi Neurological Association and Head of Bach Mai Hospital’s Neurology Department, said dementia...
    Monday, 12th October, 2015
  • Dengue fever vaccine tests in the past five years in Vietnam showed real promise, according to the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health. The tests are part of a clinical experimental project on the effectiveness and safety of...
    Monday, 12th October, 2015
  • Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex) has kicked off construction of a water supply project costing VND5 trillion ($222 million) to ease the shortage that affects hundreds of thousands of urban dwellers. The...
    Monday, 12th October, 2015