A recent study has revealed the economic benefits of wastewater collection and treatment systems far surpass their investment costs. The German-Vietnamese Development Cooperation’s Wastewater Management Program (WMP) conducted the study in...
A large number of Vietnam’s people have returned to poverty in the 2005-2012 period due to natural calamities, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said in a report. The poverty rate is normally high in remote areas and regions...
Affected by a cold front that is raging in northern Vietnam, the Mau Son mountain area in Lang Son Province has been experiencing a chill at minus 1-2 degrees Celsius since Thursday afternoon, with snow covering the entire area, including the Mau...
Universities complain that the requirement by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on having one PhD and three masters for every training major is unfeasible in the Vietnamese conditions. MOET has forced universities to stop 207 training...
Vietnam will host the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (ICHO 2014) on July 20-29 with the participation of 300 students from 80 countries and territories. The official exam questions for both the theoretical and practical sessions are being...
The U.S. Consulate General in HCMC will host the EducationUSA Spring Fair from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on February 19 at the EducationUSA Advising Center in District 1. Representatives from 25 U.S. universities and colleges will be at the fair to provide...
Since 2014, Ho Chi Minh city has raised the poverty standard to VND16 million per person per year. With diverse newly-issued policies, this year, poor people will gain more opportunities to escape poverty. Under the new poverty standard, there are...
On January 25th, a club of young doctors from Tien Yen regional hospital provided health check-ups and treatment for poor people in Khe Muoi village, Dai Thanh, Tien Yen district, Quang Ninh province. Khe Muoi village is a disadvantaged village in...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi are trying to stop measles virus from spreading in order to prevent an epidemic, state media reported. Since December 2013 doctors have confirmed 40 incidences of the virus, focusing mainly in the...
The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has recently quashed rumors about a possible outbreak of avian flu H7N9 in Vietnam’s northern border province of Lang Son. It received 13 suspected samples for testing from Lang Son and all...
