More than 3,100 people in Vietnam, many of them women, have been found to be infected with HIV so far this year, according to the National Commission on AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention. The proportion of women among the infected increased...
The Vietnam Tobacco Association (VTA) has asked the government to delay raising the excise tax on tobacco until smuggling is “considerably” reduced, news website VnEconomy reported on Wednesday. The association made its recommendation after both the...
More than 200 households are continuing to struggle with water shortages in a Ghenh Rang Ward fishing village in central coastal Binh Dinh Province.The shortage has extended into a second month and began when three local wells ran out of water,...
As many as 70,000 households in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi are living without fresh water after the water pipeline from Da River broke again on June 17, the seventh time since the system put into operation in 2008. Following the previous times...
Eight species of flora enlisted in Vietnam’s Red Book are being preserved at the Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, which enhances the ecological balance and the rehabilitation of regional species that are on the...
Russian and Vietnamese scientists in Hanoi-based Vietnam–Russia Tropical Centre have discovered Miguelia cruenta, a new orchid species, in Hon Ba Nature Reserve in Khanh Hoa. The orchid is a long plant and grows on rocks or tree trunks. The diameter...
Only 54.4% of medical waste water across Vietnam are treated, statistics by the Ministry of Health showed. The modest%age is attributed to lack of money and close coordination between ministries, heard a conference in Hanoi on June 18. The function...
Vietnam has been running waste treatment facilities being built by Japanese investors or using Japan’s technologies. The capital city of Hanoi has installed a semi-aerobic landfill system which adapts the world-renowned Fukuoka Method that can treat...
Vietnam has been running waste treatment facilities being built by Japanese investors or using Japan’s technologies. The capital city of Hanoi has installed a semi-aerobic landfill system which adapts the world-renowned Fukuoka Method that can treat...
Vietnam has continued building schools on its islands to create better living and learning conditions for children whose parents are working to protect the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea. Capital for building the schools is mostly sourced...
