A neighborhood in southern Vietnam has been living in fear since an unexploded war era bomb was found here. The bomb was partly discovered under a house in Thanh Binh quarter, Dong Xoai Town, when its owner was digging the ground to build a...
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has proposed the budget for Poverty Reduction Program for 2016-2020 period to be VND42.8 trillion ($2 billion), state media reported on June 5. Of the total figure, VND29.93 trillion would...
Children growing up in the northwest region of Vietnam most often experience harsh living conditions closer to nature – rife with hunger and discomfort. The lives of them are pictured, as follows: Red Dao ethnic minority children help their mothers...
The German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) will help Vietnam with land use as well as development planning to effectively respond to climate change impacts. This is part of the project, "Strategic mainstreaming of ecosystem-based adaptation...
Several vaccination centers in Vietnam’s Hanoi have run out of paid vaccines in recent months, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported on June 1. Famous centers such as vaccination center under the management of the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology...
Vietnam has more than 16,000 people currently waiting for organ transplant operations, according to data released by health experts at a seminar on “Calling the public for humanitarian organ transplants” held at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City...
The Hanoi Department of Health reported that the city had recorded 102 cases of dengue fever in the first five months this year, state media reported on June 4. The number represents an increase of 62 cases or a 2.55 times increase over the same...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has started to provide free rubella vaccinations for children from 18 months old, state media reported on June 5. All children from 18 months to 14 years old who have not been vaccinated for rubella will be able to...
Vietnam is requiring visitors arriving at all airports and border gates across the country to fill out a health declaration starting on June 5, the Emergency Operations Center under the Ministry of Health (MoH) said Thursday after a meeting aimed at...
Vietnam registered 42 serious food poisoning cases which affected 1,898 people, of whom 10 died, from January to May, while the respective figures were 36, 1,064 and 10 in the same period last year, the country's General Statistics Office announced...
