Socio-economic development of ethnic minority communities in the context of ASEAN integration was the focus of a workshop co-organized by Thai Nguyen University and the Philippines’ Kalinga-Apayao University in northern Thai Nguyen province on May...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Peace Winds America have launched the Sister Cities Disaster Preparedness Program in Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong. The three-year initiative will encourage small and medium-...
Japan will continue its assistance for Vietnam to help the Southeast Asian nation implement its socio-economic development, said Shinzo Abe, who is recently re-elected as the Japanese prime minister. PM Abe made this affirmation at a reception in...
The Hanoi Department of Planning and Architecture has publicized a plan to build Pediatrics Hospital and Kidney Hospital in Ha Dong District, the Thoi Bao Kinh Doanh newspaper reported on May 15. The two hospitals will be built on a total area of 71...
Since the beginning of this year, the capital city of Hanoi has recorded 24 measles cases, down 99% from the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Health. In addition to a sharp decrease in measles, other diseases were also...
Vietnam’s General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health has warned that dengue fever, a mosquito-borne tropical disease, is making a comeback across the world this year and Vietnam has recorded an increasing number of...
Efforts made by Vietnam to renovate its health care system were highlighted during a speech delivered by Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien at the opening ceremony of the 68th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva taking place from May 18-...
Demand for anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines for people living with HIV/AIDS continues to grow but the State's budget allocation for purchasing ARVs is limited, said Bui Duc Duong, deputy director of the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (...
Some 1.2 million people have opted out of medical insurance due to complex new regulations in the adjusted Medical Insurance Law, an official has admitted, and this means the Government will miss its target of 75% of the population having medical...
A new law was needed to tackle water pollution a workshop has been told in Hanoi. The new law, together with another call for the National Assembly to exercise its supervision of the water environment, came after a health ministry report that each...
