Pollution from coal-fired power plants in Vietnam causes around 4,300 premature deaths in the country annually, according to a research conducted by Vietnamese Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) and American Harvard University. The...
Environmental protection is considered on of key factors for economic growth in Vietnam, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at a meeting in Hanoi on Sept 30. Conserving environment becomes both goal and basic tenet of sustainable development in...
Many coral reefs under the sea of Phu Quoc Island, off southern Vietnam, have disappeared due to climate change and water pollution over the past several years, the local conservation agency has said. The pollution of the sea water environment is...
The General Hospital in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen has successfully conducted a kidney transplant for a twin, marking the first case of its kind in the province. The operation took place on Sept 30 with technical support from doctors...
Bird flu A/H5N6 has broken out in Vietnam’s northern province of Lai Chau, infecting nearly a thousand poultry units in a local farm, said the Animal Health Department under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Local authorities discarded...
Denmark will continue its assistance for Vietnam in education and sustainable and green development, reaffirmed Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen. The Danish foreign minister made this statement at a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister cum...
Vietnam’s government has bestowed the Friendship Medal upon Mr. Edward Danielraj Selvanayagam, Senior Operations Director of World Vision International, for his restless contributions towards poverty alleviation in Vietnam over the past years. This...
As many as 43 million people in Vietnam had escaped from hunger and poverty in a period of 15 years starting in 1993 thanks to the programs that the Vietnamese government has pursued under the support of foreign countries and organizations,...
Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged the government to provide further support for ethnic minorities, which are among the most vulnerable groups in the country. The government should spend more on infrastructure,...
Though education projects funded by official development assistance (ODA) in Vietnam have helped many localities in improving the teaching quality, many experts in the field still complain of the inefficiency of such projects, the Dau Tu newspaper...
