Drought and salt water have swept through several districts in the southern Vietnamese province of Kien Giang, damaging around 2,000 hectares of rice farming areas and seriously affecting farmers’ lives. Nguyen Van Tam, director of the Department of...
Vietnam’s forests are increasingly threatened as a result of deforestation, forest degradation, fragmentation and other stresses – making them more vulnerable to changing environmental conditions. To cope with the challenges posed by climate change...
Developing a national action plan for environmental health is crucial, heard a discussion in Hanoi on July 23 hosted by the Consultancy Central of Occupational Safety Health and Environmental Technology under the Ministry of Natural Resources and...
The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City last week launched the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan (NCP) which sent 160 Australian university students to Vietnam for studies and internships in 2015. There were two groups of the NCP...
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAV), the Phuc Lam Medical Group, the Vietnam Military-run Telecommunications Group (Viettel) – Hanoi Branch and the 3G and More Vietnam Company have worked together to provide a free healthcare...
“Bau Oi” charitable fund and the printing company of the Vietnam People’s Army General Staff presented a sanatorium to Agent Orange/dioxin victims in northern Bac Giang province on July 14. Beginning in 2012, the house was constructed inside the Phu...
A 27-year-old woman is recovering well after a complicated surgery to rebuild her face which had been badly damaged after a war-era bomb exploded, doctors at Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital said. The 12-hour surgery on Nguyen Thi Chau Phu was...
Professional ordinance clearing dogs has been used for the very first time in a pilot mine and bomb clearance program, the Renew Quang Tri Project implemented by the Norwegian People's Aid and sponsored by the Swedish International Development and...
A ceremony to inaugurate a building for Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims was held in Thach That district of Hanoi on July 17. The two-storey accommodation was constructed at a cost of nearly 9.5 billion VND ($441,860 and spans a total floor area of...
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) received $10,000 donated by Maggie Brooks, a Swiss national living in Costa Rica, and her friends at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 18th. Maggie Brooks has been working to raise fund for...
