Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has issued a call to action at the third Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) conference in Hanoi on December 24, urging the organization to step up its struggles for justice. Deputy PM Dam...
President Truong Tan Sang has praised the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO) and dioxin (VAVA) for its efforts in support of victims of the war-time toxin. During a meeting with the association Dec 24, President Sang asked members...
Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has lauded the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) for its strenuous efforts in support of AO victims over the past 10 years. At a ceremony...
Vietnam looks to reduce the rate of poor households by nearly 2% each year and grant assistance to 95% of needy children between 2014 and 2020. It was heard at a conference on social welfares by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (...
Up to 17 million Vietnamese laborers are living under the poverty line with an income of below $2 per day, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). Besides, 23 million others are living near the poverty line and easy to fall back...
Party and State policies and investments have brought remarkable changes, especially in infrastructure, in mountainous and ethnic group-inhabited areas. The view was heard at a workshop reviewing State budget allocations to mountainous and ethnic...
The implementation of a strategy on ethnic affairs until 2020 was launched at a national conference in Hanoi on December 29, during which, ministries, agencies and localities across the country were assigned with key tasks to realise the set goals....
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to lend a total of $447 million for two transport projects in Vietnam under two agreements signed in Hanoi on Dec 24. The two agreements were signed by Vietnamese Deputy of Finance Truong...
Many hospitals in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will install cameras to monitor the performance of health workers in emergency aid and health check-up areas, as part of efforts to improve medical service quality. The move came after a number of...
Vietnam’s health insurance fund is likely to face a VND9.8 trillion ($464.5 million) overspending next year due to higher healthcare fees, said Le Van Phuc from the Vietnam Social Insurance Agency. Mr. Phuc released the figure at a meeting in Ho Chi...
