A community-based disaster risk management project was launched in central Quang Binh province on June 9, expected to directly benefit 4,000 people and more than 24,000 others indirectly. The project, scheduled to last through March 2018, is...
Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan on June 9 declared a drought emergency for the first time after five months of lacking rains, state media reported Wednesday. Based on the report of the provincial Department of Agriculture and...
The Vietnam Education Dialogue (VED) led by famous Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau has proposed five ideas to improve the local university education, state media reported on June 12. The proposal was based on a study on university education reforms that...
Military officers in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May 28 defused a huge war bomb of around 340 kilograms (nearly 750 pounds) found at a national park. A representative of Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park said a patrol team found the...
The Centrals Highland province of Gia Lai’s Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin inaugurated a detoxification centre for AO victims, the first of its kind in the province, on June 5. The centre has a total investment of over VND2...
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...
