The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a campaign entitled “First Embrace” in Vietnam on July 14 with aim to save thousands of newborn lives, state media reported on July 16. Vietnam has made great effort in the last two decades to reduce...
The Preventive Healthcare Department under the Ministry of Health (MoH) are taking various actions to contain the outbreak of Diphtheria in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam, state media reported on July 17. This is the first outbreak recorded...
358,351 out of 1,874,114 households in Ho Chi Minh City have not accessed to fresh water supply meanwhile the city has set its target that by yearend, most of households in the city will be able to access to fresh water. According to the Saigon...
A minor earthquake measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale hit the reservoir of the Song Tranh Hydropower Plant in the mountainous district of Bac Tra My in the central province of Quang Nam on July 10. An official from the district's People's Committee...
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has assigned related ministries and agencies to work on a plan to use official development assistance for education in the 2016-2020 period. For higher education, the government asked ministry to...
Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh has requested strengthened Party leadership in overcoming consequences of toxic chemicals sprayed by US troops during the war in Vietnam. The Secretariat’s...
As August 10th approaches, marking the 54th anniversary of the first time the US military used Agent Orange (AO) in the Vietnam War, millions across the nation still suffer from the lingering effects of the poisonous herbicide. The Vietnam...
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has spent around VND600 billion ($27.6 million) building and upgrading infrastructure facilities to support disadvantaged households in ethnic minority areas since 2011. In recent years, local authorities have...
The Ministry of Health has approved a project on hospital waste treatment in the central province of Quang Binh at a cost of VND28 billion ($1.28 million) sourced by the World Bank’s preferential loan. Beneficiary hospitals include Minh Hoa general...
The State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank on Thursday [July 9] signed four credit agreements totaling $507 million to support Vietnam’s priorities in sustainable agriculture, poverty reduction, and a bus rapid transit system. The signing took...
