Many districts in the Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi may face shortage of water, due to the prolong climate that causes demand of water in the city to rise by 7%-10% in this summer. At present, the city’s water output has reached between 880,000...
Soil erosion as a result of climate change and rising sea levels is worsening in the coastal areas of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, impacting greatly on the life of local residents. Tra Vinh has a coastline of 65km, spanning nine communes...
Two projects funded by the Swedish Government in Vietnam have supported the country in the sustainable use and conservation of natural resources and ecosystem services. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen held a May...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has funded a project on Adaptation in the Mekong Delta (AMD) costing total $49.3 million in the Mekong delta provinces of Ben Tre and Tra Vinh. Comprising three components until 2020, the...
Measures to radically improve the quality of teaching in Vietnam through teacher initiated curriculum innovation were the focus of a recent roundtable held at Sorbonne University, France. At the event, speakers analyzed the overall framework of...
A war-era bomb, weighing about 125 kilos, was safely dug out of the Nai Mountain historical relic site in Ha Tinh city, the central province of Ha Tinh, on May 6. Sappers from the provincial Military Command retrieved the bomb, dropped by US troops...
Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri is green again thanks to international NGOs who have made a tremendous push toward clearing war-era bombs and mines in recent years. Around 400,000 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) are believed to remain...
To attract wealthier clients to upmarket, equitised services, some Hanoi hospitals are taking beds from the poor and putting them in special wards for the rich. This is one of the many problems hospitals in Hanoi have with equitisation, which was...
Ethnic minority women in the central province of Quang Nam are enjoying a better life thanks to a project co-funded by the Luxembourg Government and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The $1.3 million...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a technical assistance and training program costing $3.3 million to help Vietnam promote energy efficiency in the building sector. The support is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas...
