The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam has started a project receiving funding from the U.S. government to conserve the world heritage Ha Long Bay and the Cat Ba archipelago. The First Leadership Committee meeting of the Ha Long – Cat Ba Alliance is a public-...
The southern province of Kien Giang is working on a pre-feasibility report on a water supply project in the island district of Phu Quoc, according to Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Khac Ghi. The report will be conducted with...
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) held a gathering for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) on May 7. Vice President applauds foreign NGOs’ contributions International NGOs donation in 2014 reached $300...
Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital on Apr 30 inaugurated a 250-bed oncology center after two years of construction at a total cost of nearly VND429 billion ($19.9 million), the Ministry of Health said. The center, covering an area of over 21,...
Although Vietnam performed organ transplant operations half a century later than much of the rest of the world and 20 years later than regional countries, it has now caught up with countries that have modern medicine. Vietnam has successfully...
Orbis International, non-profit dedicated to bringing quality eye health worldwide, has come back to Vietnam for the sixth time to provide a two-week intensive ophthalmic training to Vietnamese doctors in the central city of Hue. The program, which...
Vietnamese health authorities have detected an increasing number of substandard medicines over the past months, a situation that raises serious public concerns as there lacks a governing body responsible for the low-quality drugs already...
The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) has provided 900 water tanks to 900 poor and ethnic minority households in Ninh Thuan, Khanh Hoa, Dak Lak and Phu Yen provinces in response to the region's ongoing drought. VRC also called on businesses and organizations...
Many parts of Vietnam are facing shortage of safe water, causing millions of people across the country difficulties in daily life and posing serious threats to farming, state media reported. Water shortage has also caused pollution and diseases as...
Vietnam has the fourth highest number of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects in the world and it has received the ninth highest number of certified emissions reduction (CER) units. These figures reflect the seriousness with which the Party...
