Five people were injured and hundreds of houses were blown down by a tornado that blew through the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 30, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported. The tornado developed in Co Do District at around 7a.m. during a light...
Vietnam will continue a $93-million education project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the most disadvantaged children in remote areas in the 2015-2021 period. With 86% of the investment financed by the ADB, the project will focus on...
The Vietnam Children Sponsor Fund in collaboration with Hanoi People’s Committee granted 160 scholarships named “Coming together for school” worth VND3 million each and 10 long-term sponsorships worth VND5 million each to 170 children. The total...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given a nod to establishment of Tokyo-Vietnam Medical University which will operate as a foreign-invested non-profit tertiary institute. With an investment of VND421 billion ($20 million), the school...
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) has begun the fifth stage of the project to destroy unexploded ordnance in the central province of Quang Binh. MAG, which is sponsoring the project, signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday with the provincial...
The Vietnam Rising milk fund has donated over 72,000 glasses of milk to 800 kids from poor families in the central province of Quang Tri. Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social...
International organizations have continued to work with Vietnam in fighting HIV/AIDS by financial and technical support over the past time. HIV/AIDS prevention work in Vietnam has been hailed as the epitome of enormous achievements other nations...
A climate change adaptation project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) kicked off in Tra Vinh province on July 25. The project will be implemented from 2014 to 2020 in 30 villages of 7 districts in the province,...
A first dengue fever outbreak in Cau Giay District of Hanoi affected nine people, said Hoang Duc Hanh, deputy head of the city’s Department of Health on July 23. The outbreak was first recorded in the city. Health authorities and the local...
Since early this year, Hanoi has reported 21 cases of Japanese encephalitis, 17 cases more than the same period last year. HCM City to launch large-scale Japanese encephalitis shots Biosensor detects Japanese encephalitis virus. Of the infection...
