General News

  • Meals of Vietnamese people have been degraded by an imbalance in nutrition and chemicals used in production and processing. Thus, it has created hazards for their health, such as food poisoning, functional disorder and diseases. According to the...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • The growing abuse of antibiotics is causing a resistance to the drug, the Ministry of Health has warned. The ministry established last week a special unit to study the problem and would soon propose solutions, said Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • Comprehensive and effective solutions to reduce water shortages during sustainable development have become a pressing need in many countries in the world, including developing ones like Vietnam. According to researchers, domestic water capacity...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • A shortage of clean water has affected residents, restaurants, offices and businesses in several parts of Hanoidue to a broken pipeline from the Da River Water Supply Plant. And it is likely that the situation will not be completely rectified until...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW) and Cuc Phuong National Park has rescued 56 Java Pangolins in Thanh Hoa Province. The animals were rescued by authorities in Nga Son district, 30km north of Thanh Hoa City. Officials said the total weight of the...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • Police in the central province of Quang Binh on August 19 stopped a van and discovered wild animals on board, including small Indian civets (Viverricula indica) and soft shell turtles, all being transported illegally. Traffic police ordered the stop...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the HCM City administration to step up efforts to prevent the flooding that plagues several inner districts. The city also needed to keep a close eye on zoning plans for reservoirs and speed up...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • A survey by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has revealed small-scale incinerators for everyday garbage, including plastic, in Vietnam do not meet environmental safety standards. Nguyen Thanh Yen, deputy director of the Waste...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) this year decided to combine the high school graduation exam and university entrance exam into one holistic test on hope of easing test-taking pressure and saving money and time for those...
    Monday, 24th August, 2015
  • 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...
    Monday, 17th August, 2015