The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) recently released the results of a survey on flash flood zoning and landslide mapping in the mountainous provinces of Vietnam. According to Le Quoc Hung, deputy head of the Geoscience and...
The National Assembly and Government need to review and adopt legal regulations to mitigate air pollution, a major contributor to the greenhouse effect. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released its 2013 National Environment Report...
Typhoon Kalmaegi, the third storm to hit Vietnam so far this year, made a landfall on the northern region and brought torrential rainfalls, and killed at least 10 people and injured nine others there for two days. The northern city and provinces of...
Russia’s universities are seeking to enroll Vietnamese students through scholarships and self-financed study, the government said on its website. On Sept 14-21 three leading Russian universities namely Povolzhsky State University of...
The Ministry of Planning and Investment in collaboration with the World Bank on September 11 launched a $12.1 million poverty reduction project in Quang Nam province expected to benefit at least 7,500 needy households. The project will be carried...
Quang Binh’s provincial authorities have pledged to prioritize funding for the enhancement of ethnic minorities’ socio-economic development, cultures, society, defense and security. The pledge was made during the 2014-2019 provincial congress for...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued an instruction that aimed to improve Government management over ethnic minority affairs. Vietnam has 53 ethnic minority groups, which account for more than 13% of its population. Many live in poverty in...
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Vietnam and the European Trade Policy and Investment Support Project (EU-MUTRAP) have started six sub-projects totaling EUR2.65 million, including EUR2.32 million funded by the EU, in Vietnam. The sub-projects...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has seen a rising rate of abortions among young teenage girls, the alarming situation could lead to a rise in the female infertility rate, the state-run Phu Nu Viet Nam (Vietnam Women) newspaper reported, citing a...
Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City has a plan to establish a center for pediatric organ transplants in Nhi Dong 2 Hospital given a rising demand for such types of transplants, said the hospital’s director Dr. Ha Manh Tuan. The...
