Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has requested the Ministry of Health and the Vietnam Social Security to take tough measures to boost the country’s health insurance coverage rate to 75% in 2015 and 80% by 2020. The request was made at a...
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has set up two centers to cope with influenza in Hanoi and HCM City. The moves follow a recent warning by the World Health Organization (WHO) over dangerous changes in the flu virus, said the General Department of...
The Government has approved a national program to look for underground water in 44 cities and provinces where water supply was limited. Such regions as Central Vietnam, the Central Highlands and the Mekong Delta have experienced difficulty in...
Authorities in Vietnam’s province of Quang Nam have put into operation an anti-disaster center funded by the U.S. Pacific Command, extending support to disadvantaged people in the central region, the hardest-hit region by natural calamities in the...
The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have launched a program to combat wildlife trafficking to follow global efforts to save wild animals, mostly rhinos. The program called Operation Game Change is...
Vietnam always places her people in the cornerstone of every policy related to climate change, especially the national climate change response strategy, a Vietnamese representative addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s session on...
The government of Vietnam has proposed the National Assembly (NA) allow it to provide an additional VND3.7 trillion (nearly $173 million) worth of g-bonds to complete the 2011-2015 school consolidation scheme. Minister of Planning and Investment Bui...
The New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam has announced New Zealand ASEAN Scholarships for postgraduate courses for the 2016 academic year, calling for applicants from Vietnam. Under the program, 30 successful awardees from Vietnam will receive full...
The Hau Giang Provincial Department of Education and Training in the Mekong Delta took steps to lower student drop-out rates in the 2014-2015 school year's second semester. Nguyen Hung Nhien, deputy head of the Hau Giang Department of Education and...
Vietnam aims to reduce the rate of poor households by 1%-1.5% each year under the updated standards of poverty between 2016 and 2020, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA). The updated standards of poverty,...
