Vietnam has found as many as 130,000-160,000 new cancer cases every year, according to a research of the Ministry of Health. The number of cancer-related deaths increases by between 85,000 and 115,000 cases per annum, it said. The statistics were...
Swiss pharma group Novartis AG has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s Ministry of Health, which aims to increase local people’s access to essential generic drugs that they can afford. The MoU covers the invention cooperation based...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have approved a water supply plant project costing VND168 billion in Thuong Tin district. The plant with capacity of 4,900 cubic meters per day would provide tap water to 42,600 people after three years...
The consumption of rhino horns in Vietnam fell 38% over the past year thanks to international support in driving down the trafficking of this product for mislead purposes, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and...
Vietnam is currently focusing on law enforcement and awareness raising campaigns to reduce the illegal trade and consumption of wildlife, a senior official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said. Speaking at an APEC workshop on...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has submitted to the National Assembly (NA), the country’s highest legislative body, a plan to compile textbooks until 2021 with a cost of VND779 billion ($37 million). The money, which will...
Vietnam and Mexico agreed to boost bilateral ties in the field of higher education during a recent working session between senior officials of the two countries’ education ministries. The meeting took place as part of the Mexico trip by Vietnamese...
Vietnam has held a series of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of Nguyen Van Troi, who tried to kill former U.S. Defense Minister Robert McNamara by mine in 1964, state media reported. The activities were conducted on Oct 15...
Two scrap metal collectors died and another was left seriously injured when a war-era bomb in Vietnam's Central Highlands exploded, police said on Oct 16. The accident happened last week when the men, aged between 31 and 35, found the 1-metre bomb...
A total of VND52.433 billion ($2.5 million) was raised to support needy households in Hanoi at the launch of the campaign “Days for the Poor” Month on October 15. The campaign, which lasts until November 18, is to call for more people to join hands...
