About 2,500 out of nearly 20,000 hectares of crops in the central province of Khanh Hoa have been affected by the current drought, which is the most severe in ten years and is expected to last until September. Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai...
A Vietnamese NGO has called on the government not to compromise with “greedy” bear farm owners who asked to be paid in exchange for the release of exhausted bears. The farm owners based in Quang Ninh Province, home to Vietnam's world heritage Ha...
The Management Board of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh, on March 16 said it has released eight rare wild animals back into the natural environment. These animals...
Air pollution will get more serious in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi if 6,700 aged trees in 190 streets are cut down as requested by local authorities, said Professor Dr. Dang Huy Huynh, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association of Conservation of...
The education and training ministry has dispatched an official note to all education and training agencies, asking them not to hold entrance exams to admit sixth-graders in secondary schools. Last year, the ministry had announced bans on four...
Central Highlands provinces have prioritized investment in education for ethnic minority groups, contributing to fostering socio-economic development in the region, according to the Central Highlands Steering Committee. After national liberation in...
The Military Commander Board in the central province of Quang Binh's Tuyen Hoa district successfully defused a large bomb on March 11. The bomb, a war remnant measuring 1.8m in length and 0.85m in diameter, was located near the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It...
The Committee for the Van Canh Friendship Village (CFV) in Essonne province, on the outskirts of Paris, staged a concert on March 13 to raise money for Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO) victims. Speaking at the opening of the concert, the mayor of the...
The World Bank has released a map indicating poverty data in Vietnam, zoning poor regions based on indicators of income rate, employment, school attendance, nutrition, and sanitation. The data loaded on the new MapVietnam website at www.worldbank....
Program 135 designed for extremely-disadvantaged communes has brought new looks to impoverished communes, but drawbacks remain, Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Affairs Giang Seo Phu told the National Assembly Standing Committee during...
