The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang is facing extremely low water levels in local rivers, canals and fields, affecting the locality’s aquatic productivity. Water levels recorded in the main rivers passing Hau Giang are 20 centimeters below the...
Hanoi authorities have approved a plan to increase clean water prices by an average of 20% from October 1 to fund new projects to meet shortages. Water prices will rise to VND5,973 a cubic meter for first 10 cubic meters, and VND15,929 a cubic meter...
Promoting the central role of the community in climate change adaptation continues to be a key measure to cope with the issue in a prompt, proactive and flexible manner, stated a leading official in the fields. In the context of increasingly serious...
The first environmental projects under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) will be implemented in Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said during a meeting on August 4 in Hanoi. During the forth JCM meeting,...
Flood caused by torrential rains that struck Vietnam’s northern region over the past ten days has left 30 deaths and 40 others missing and injured, according to the Central Steering Board for Disaster Prevention and Control. The majority of the...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has 78 education socialization projects with total investment over VND5.6 trillion ($256 million) using combined areas of 1 million square meters to date, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported on August 5. Of the figure,...
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked between t he University of Economics and Business under the Vietnam National University-Hanoi (VNU) and Germany’s Applied Language Institute at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 5. Under the MoU, the two...
The Ministry of Education and Training on August 5 released a draft training program for school students with several major changes. The draft program, which was created by many experienced educationalists and scientists, is aimed at improving the...
The Vietnam Red Cross Society chapter in the southern province of Dong Thap has mobilized VND62.5 billion ($2.9 million) since the outset of this year to help the impoverished, the disabled and Agent Orange/dioxin victims in the locality. Nearly 46,...
Nearly 8,000 people participated in a walk for Agent Orange (AO) victims at the Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 as the designated date for supporting sufferers (August 10) approaches. President Nguyen Van Rinh of the Vietnam Association...
