The Health Ministry on February 6 sent a dispatch to Chairpersons of People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces, asking them to accelerate the prevention and fight against H7N9 and other strains of the bird flu virus. According to the...
Nearly 65% of Hanoi's suburban residents were not getting enough clean water at the end of 2013, due to funds shortage and poor management by the local authorities. The residents of Ba Vi District's Phu Son Commune are suffering due to lack of safe...
Despite many efforts in restructuring the forestry sector, management, efficiency and quality control have still been poor, requiring more drastic measures to generate practical progress. In 2013, Vietnam earned an estimated $5.4 billion from...
The southern province of Dong Nai is currently organizing a range of activities to protect and develop local forests in 2014 and 2015, with a view to the longer term. During the period, six projects will be implemented, focusing on preserving wild...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training is estimated to have disbursed VND43 billion ($2.05 million) of state funding for its projects in January, down 43.4% from December, said the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). The figure...
The DanangCity Association of Victims of Agent Orange has marked its 10th anniversary as it puts into operation the 1st foundation of a centre to care for AO victims and unhappy children. The centre, which has an area of over 400 square meters and 9...
Dau An Tinh Nguoi (Hallmark of Humanity), a reality television show, will be broadcast live on VTV9 television channel on January 19 to raise funds for the poor. The event to be held at Hoa Binh Theatre in HCM City will raise funds from ticket sales...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs to exert more efforts for poverty reduction in ethnic communities during the 2016-20 period. Speaking at a meeting held yesterday to review the committee's 2013 work...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) will continue speeding up projects on preserving and developing the ethnic minority culture in 2014. MoCST Deputy Minister Huynh Vinh Ai said the ministry plans to build a set of cultural...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has appreciated development work undertaken by ethnic groups, reiterating that the Party and State attach great importance to ethnic community development. The Prime Minister made the statement at a conference of the...
