Vietnam has launched the National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control 2014 on Nov 10 in an effort to better curb the transmission and discrimination of this disease in the community. During the month, state agencies and organizations...
Vietnamese parents and caregivers need to properly recognize the symptoms of pneumonia, which annually kills about 4,500 children under five years old in the country, and seek appropriate care to reduce fatalities, a health expert said. It is...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a memorandum of understanding on providing $140 million to a water supply project in Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai. The fund will account for 85% of the total investment for Nhon...
More than 93 percent of residents in Ho Chi Minh City are supplied with clean water, reported by the Department of Transport at the meeting on clean water supply in the city yesterday. Mr. Nguyen Huu Tin, Vice Chairman of the HCMC People's...
A Japanese-funded project will be piloted in major hotels in Vietnam, aimed at reducing carbon emissions produced by large hotels in Vietnam. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the funding was signed in Ho Chi Minh City by the Ministry of...
Heavy rains accompanied with rising upstream floodwater affected directly to people’s life and traffic on some roads in central provinces, reported the Center of Floods and Storm Prevention and Control in central and central highland provinces on...
Vietnamese lawmakers proposed on Nov. 11 the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) hand over the compilation of textbooks to experts and organizations to increase their quality. Lawmakers said that the quality of the textbooks remains poor as...
The People’s Committee of southern central Phu Yen province has asked its authorities by November 30 to finalize the list of poor households receiving housing support under a government decree. The province strives to provide the support to 20% of...
The People's Committee of southern central Phu Yen Province asked provincial authorities to finalize the list of poor households receiving government housing support by November 30. The province aims to provide support to 20% of the targeted...
VinGroup, one of the leading firms in Vietnam, has donated 1,000 breeding cows worth VND15 billion ($700,000) in total to poor people in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. The provincial People’s Committee and the Central Highlands Steering...
