The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed an agreement to help Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport to carry out a project to enhance capacity in road maintenance. The Project for Capacity Enhancement in Road Maintenance, which began...
At least one million poor and disadvantaged people who have difficulty in accessing medical services in remote areas are being given free medical check-ups and treatment during a campaign on humanitarian medical care for communities in 2014. The...
Vietnam will tighten control over compulsory rehabilitation for drug users to avoid social insecurity, officials said at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Nov 3. Compulsory treatment will enable local authorities to better...
Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute and France’s Sanofi Pasteur on Nov 3 announced the results of a dengue vaccination trial in five Asian countries, including Vietnam, with the efficacy reported in 56.5% of dengue-infected cases. The vaccination...
The capital city of Hanoi is striving to better its policies on gender equality, and intensify inspections to stop gender selection in an effort to reduce the current high sex ratio at birth. According to the municipal Department of Population and...
Hanoi People's Committee has urged authorities to increase supervision over the operation of private health clinics. Municipal health authorities recently closed down about 110 clinics after inspections revealed many medical violations. Many...
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...
