The Health Ministry and the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) discussed measures to strengthen their cooperation in providing care for AO victims at a meeting in Hanoi on August 20. VAVA President Nguyen Van Rinh...
The central province of Quang Binh on August 17 began a charity campaign aiming to build 197 houses at a total cost of VND5.6 billion ($266,000) for low-income and disaster-hit households in 2014. The first phase, to be conducted from now to...
Ethnic minority people in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan will be given support to access production land, said vice chairman of the provincial Committee for Ethnic Affairs Le Thanh Hung. The province is home to about 580,000 people...
Northern Bac Giang Province will host its sixth festival of culture, sports and tourism for ethnic minorities in October, according to the provincial People's Committee. The event, held every two years, aims to honor the local people's values and...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to grant $3 million for a waste treatment research project to help Vietnam’s Chi Minh City to tap electricity from aquaculture waste. The project will be carried out by HCM City-based...
Policy-makers discussed final details of a 2015 environmental work plan for the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) to Vietnam at a workshop in Hanoi. Sub-region countries – Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam- launched the program in...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged to grant $100 million to road and bridge construction projects in five provinces of Binh Phuoc, Dak Nong, Dak Lak, Gia Lai and Kon Tum in Vietnam. A representative of the bank made the commitment at a...
The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has detected A/H5N6 virus in a local red pheasant farm for the first time, reported the provincial Department of Veterinary under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Deadly avian flu strain...
Hanoi’s health authorities have shut down 33 illegal drugstores in the Vietnamese capital city since the beginning of 2014, as part of efforts to tighten control over the sales of medicines, especially antibiotics. Chief Inspector of the Health...
The Ministry of Health has set up two inspections to check medical equipment at state-run hospitals in major cities, following a lot of concerns that some public hospitals in Vietnam have imported old equipments without clear origin. Inspectors will...
