As much as VND120 million ($5,400) raised by people in the southern province of Soc Trang was handed over to French-Vietnamese Tran To Nga on August 12 to support her lawsuit against US chemical companies to seek justice for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a document stipulating financial support for the poor in building houses amid miserable living conditions in many parts across the country. Under the regulations, poor households which own a...
The Central Highlands provinces still have 23,500 migrant ethnic-minority households who have not settled in zoned areas, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands region. Some of these families live in tents in deep forests...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) recently signed two technical cooperation program on forest conservation and coastal ecology protection, reported the Saigon Giai...
The World Bank has drawn out detail proposal for financing Vietnamese private firms to carry out renewable energy projects for better green growth development in the Southeast Asian country, said Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank country director in...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a technical assistance project named ‘Vietnam Climate Innovation Centre’ (VCIC) funded by the World Bank. The project has a total investment of $4.18 million including non-refundable aid of $3.8...
Vietnam is still in need of six-in-one (hexa) vaccines, according to Head of the Preventive Health Department Tran Dac Phu. Vaccinations centers nationwide have run out of the paid vaccines above since the beginning of 2014 but the authorities could...
Vietnam needs about 1.8 million blood units for medical treatment each year, of which 60% is met, meaning that more lives will be saved if the number of blood donors increases, the Lao Dong newspaper said August 10 citing government statistics. In...
The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said that as per schedule, from May, 2016, inactivated vaccines against poliomyelitis and diarrhea will be included in the National Expanded Immunization Program. Concerning to the shortage of six-...
Relevant agencies in Vietnam are considering a draft bill ruling on the payment of compensation to victims of vaccination accidents, but experts say it is difficult to confirm the reasons leading to such mishaps. The bill also suggests paying...
