Solar power and vehicle emission standards will be part of highlighted measures in coping with climate change in 2016, according to a newly passed policy framework under the Support Program on Response to Climate Change (SP-RCC). Accordingly,...
Northern parts of the country were expected to be warmer than previous winters this year due to the effects of El Nino, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The centre said average temperatures during this winter...
The work policy regarding the assistance to the confrontation of climate change is currently among the objectives of Vietnam’s the socio-economic development plan for the 2016-2020 period, according to official statistics. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked education authorities to focus on building and upgrading the Hanoi National University and the Ho Chi Minh National University into excellent international education establishments. The PM made his...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has said that it would raise medical insurance by 1.5 percentage points to 4.5% of the basic salary for students in the 2015-2016 school year, state media reported Friday. The rise follows the enforcement of the revised...
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin (VAVA) and Cambodia’s sponsoring association for post-war victims hope to sign a coordination program soon to define basic principles, targets, and measures to jointly help AO victims in...
The World Bank (WB) supports in policy consultancy, technical and financial assistance, which significantly contributes to Vietnam’s socio-economic development, poverty reduction and renovation, WB Country Director in Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa said....
Dak Lak province’s Krong Pach district has completed all 19 criteria of the national new rural development program. This is attributed to the local authorities’ wise leadership and local public consensus in implementing the program. Krong Pach’s...
The hospital of the Central Highlands University, the Dak Lak provincial Fund for Children has recently worked with Operation Smile Vietnam, Amway Company and Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Hospital Hanoi to give free surgery to 80 children who suffer...
Wearing helmet is compulsory for all motorcycle drivers in Vietnam, but following such a rule is not quite an easy task for women of some ethnic minority groups, who wear high buns as a centuries-old custom. The question whether there should be a...
