General News

  • The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) pledges to support Vietnam in enhancing its capability for works related to gender equality and women and children’s affairs, said new UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Matthew David Jackson. The UNFPA...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed the prime minister’s Decision 1121/QD-TTg approving the national antimicrobial resistance strategy for the 2023-2030 period, with a vision towards 2045, local media reported. The strategy came as...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Vietnam, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S....
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • More than 2,500 children from kindergartens and primary schools in the mountainous districts of Tien Phuoc, Que Son, Nong Son, and Phuoc Son in Quang Namprovince have access to drinkable clean water in the new school year thanks to the Lifestart...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam’s southern province of An Giang, in collaboration with WWF-Vietnam, has launched a restoration project for the wetlands floodplains around Tra Su Wetland Reserve, boosting natural-based...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • The Saving Threatened Wildlife project released a new creative set of key messages and visuals on September 27 aimed at altering consumer behavior surrounding the use of illegal wildlife products in Vietnam. In a step toward reducing demand for...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • Vietnam is committed to climate change response and calls for international partners’ support in this process, said deputy foreign minister Do Hung Viet during the ASEAN-Australia High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change and Energy Transition in Hanoi...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • Vietnam is estimated to have recorded an economic loss of nearly VND2.55 trillion ($104.2 million) due to natural disasters in the first nine months of this year, down 61.5% y/y, according to the latest data from the General Statistics Office (GSO...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc and representatives of Intel Corporation, a U.S. multinational corporation and technology company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation in...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023
  • Vietnam wishes to promote education and training linkages with Switzerland, especially in the fields of the latter’s strengths, such as tourism and high technology, said Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son. Both sides should...
    Monday, 2nd October, 2023