Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to set up the Vietnam-Japan University in a bid to foster mutual cultural understanding between the two countries. Costing an initial investment of $330 million, including $200 million from Japan’...
Zambia said it will support Vietnam in dealing with war aftermath, especially unexploded ordnance (UXO). The statement was made at a meeting in Hanoi on July 17 between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Zambian Foreign...
Some 350 eye patients in remote areas of Tra Vinh province recently received free surgeries as part of the Mekong Delta locality’s progamme supporting visually impaired low-income people. Doctors from hospitals of Cau Ke and Tra Cu districts and the...
More than 7,000 young ethnic minority people have been provided with vocational training at the Dak Nong Vocational School since 2004. Rector of the School Nguyen Khai said the students registered to learn professions such as brocade weaving, animal...
Authorities in Ha Tinh Province have agreed to submit a project plan to the government to build a road that would link the Chu ethnic minority group to the rest of the world. The proposal was made by Tu Van Dien, Chairman of the local Fatherland...
Japan’s Fujitsu-JAIMS Foundation and Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) are offering scholarships to Vietnamese students in a bid to conduct corporate social responsibility (CSR). The Japanese foundation will provide scholarships which will cover...
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) have signed deals to lend a combined $338.2 million to Vietnam’s thermal power project. Of the total, JBIC will finance $202.9 million with annual interest rate...
Hundreds of doctors attended a training program in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, especially for women who are HER2-Positive, in Hanoi today on July 17. The participating doctors came from different hospitals, including the Hanoi-based K...
The Ministry of Health has announced that none of the six samples of fried potatoes and snacks, randomly selected for testing, contained acrylamide and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The above-mentioned hazardous substances reportedly can cause...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health will start piloting the model of family clinics in eight cities and provinces across the country from July 15, as part of efforts to ease the overloading at public hospitals and enable local people to have an easier...
