General News

  • The second national forum seeking to further improve healthcare quality is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City on December 12-13. Jointly organized by the Ministry of Public Health and the European Union-funded Project on enhancing the building...
    Monday, 16th December, 2013
  • Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat urged relevant agencies to step up food safety inspections as consumption increased ahead of the lunar New Year Festival (January 31). "The plant protection section authorities should send...
    Monday, 16th December, 2013
  • Hanoi will pour VND27.7 billion ($1.3 million) into building connected water supply systems between communes and improving hygiene in medical stations and schools. Of which, VND24 billion will be used to improve the water supply system in a number...
    Monday, 16th December, 2013
  • The People's Committee of central Thua Thien Hue Province fined a local tapioca starch production plant VND260 million ($12,000) for polluting the surrounding environment. The plant, which is located at the province's Phong An Commune, Phong Dien...
    Monday, 16th December, 2013
  • Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi are struggling to attract both domestic and foreign companies to invest in waste treatment, the Vietnam News Agency reported. The difficulties are attributed to the high costs and requirement for...
    Monday, 16th December, 2013
  • Many city dwellers in new urban areas are sending their children to public schools in central Hanoi, despite crowded classes of up to 50 students. This is because they cannot afford the high fees charged by better-equipped private schools. As a...
    Monday, 16th December, 2013
  • The Vietnamese government and international partners will mobilize all resources to overcome the consequences of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war, according to Don Tuan Phong, Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship...
    Monday, 9th December, 2013
  • The US-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange/Dioxin opened its eighth meeting in the central city of Da Nang on December 4 to exchange views and expand dialogue on Agent Orange/dioxin-related issues. Speaking at the opening session, US...
    Monday, 9th December, 2013
  • One thousand people in Mu Cang Chai district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai were provided with free check-ups and medicine at a community health festival held from November 30 to December 1. The festival formed part of a pilot...
    Monday, 9th December, 2013
  • Vietnam will take part in the agricultural pest management project funded by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Southeast Asia, state media reported. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will represent Vietnam in the...
    Monday, 9th December, 2013