Doctors from Hanoi-based Vinmec International Hospital, Vietnam’s largest private hospital, on March 21 conducted stem-cell transplant for a one-year-old boy to help him overcome the effects of cerebral palsy (brain paralysis). The operation has...
A comprehensive plan to improve green spaces, parks and gardens in the capital city has been announced by the Hanoi People’s Committee. According to the plan, 18 new parks and gardens will be built and 42 existing areas will be upgraded around the...
Vietnam is considering destroying all of its confiscated wildlife contraband instead of auctioning the items, deputy agriculture minister Ha Cong Tuan said on March 24 in what has been interpreted as a show of force against the wildlife trafficking...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed an agreement in Rome on March 28 to provide $34 million for Vietnam to cope with climate change. The signatories were Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Hoang Long and IFAD...
Anticipating the gloomy future of vocational schools which cannot enroll students, investors now try to bargain the schools away to quit the unprofitable investment field. Intermediate and vocational schools are experiencing very difficult days. The...
Five banks namely JSC Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank), Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), State-owned Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural...
A bomb weighing 2,000 pounds (907 kg) was safely deactivated in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 17. The bomb was discovered by residents in the local Hong Kim commune, A Luoi district, and disabled by sappers from the province’s...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked international sponsors to join Vietnam’s efforts to rid the country of unexploded ordnance (UXO) that still kills and injures thousands of people every year. The PM was speaking at an international conference...
Ho Chi Minh City has successfully implemented its poverty reduction program for the 2009-15 period, heard a conference held in the city on March 21. A report presented at the event stated that by the end of 2013, the city’s poor rate was 0.8%, a...
The Southwest Region Steering Committee this year will coordinate with ministries, central agencies and localities to step up popularisation work among ethnic minority people and religious followers in the region. The task was launched by the...
