The outcomes of an 8-year environmental sanitation program in coastal cities were reviewed during a conference held in Nha Trang City, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on November 7. The program, funded by the World Bank (WB) with a total...
Vietnam has opened four semi-natural enclosures at a bear rescue sanctuary, providing a safer environment to this kind of animal amid illegal bile-farming industry. Costing VND18 billion ($857,142), the enclosures at the Vietnam Bear Rescue Center...
Experts from Holland, Germany and Australia shared their countries’ expertise and experience on sustainable environment management in coastal areas with a view to applying for the Mekong Delta region at a dialogue held in Can Tho City on November 4...
A meeting on the Post-2015 Support Program to Respond to Climate Change in Vietnam (SP-RCC), co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Tran Hong Ha and Deputy Resident Representative of the Japan International...
Coral fossils dating back 300 million years ago were discovered in Son Doong Cave, in the central province of Quang Binh, scientists announced on November 6. Professor Ta Hoa Phuong from the Geology Faculty of the Hanoi University of Science...
Vietnamese university lecturers will be awarded cash tens of times their base salary when they have articles published in prestigious foreign journals, starting next month, according to a decree recently promulgated by the government. Decree No. 99/...
The Vietnam International Education Development Department and Ireland’s University of Cork Christopher Brown have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on training cooperation. Under the MoU, the University of Cork will offer scholarships and...
A 340-kg bomb was successfully defused by disposal experts in Quang Tri central province on October 30. Earlier, a local person Ho Van Hai in Sa Ly commune, Huong Son village, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province found the bomb in the entrails of...
The southern province of Dong Nai will set aside over VND2.5 trillion ($117.8 million) from its budget in 2015-2020 to help poor households have better access to health care, credit, education, housing and employment opportunities. Of the approved...
As many as 1,000 breeding cows were handed over to ethnic minority households in seven districts and towns in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong from October 17-27. This is part of VinGroup’s corporate social responsibility program to donate...
