The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An has decided to establish Pu Hoat Nature Reserve, the second in the locality, in a move to boost biodiversity preservation. The establishment of Pu Hoat...
Vietnam and the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have pledged to enhance cooperation in preventing and minimizing environmental pollution and biodiversity decline, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (...
The government of Vietnam will invest VND50 billion ($2.35 million) in programs and projects to enhance education for ethnic minority people. The plan is part of the national ethnic affairs strategy by 2020 which was recently approved by the Prime...
The Italian Bolzano office in northern Hai Duong province on June 25 presented 20,000 EUR to local Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims. The money will be used to build new houses and provide equipment, medical assistance and scholarships for the...
The Party and State have devised a host of exclusive policies to support ethnic groups in the Central Highlands, especially those living in poverty. The new measures will help improve living standards while ensuring social welfare, political...
A seminar was held in Hanoi on June 28 to review ten years of implementing Vietnam’s comprehensive strategy on poverty reduction. The event was organisied jointly by the Communist Party of Vietnam Magazine, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and...
Almost 160 children coming from ethnic minority groups and poor households in the central province of Binh Thuan have voiced their wishes for adequate facilities for studying, playing and free health check-ups. They expressed the wish at a forum...
The Vietnamese government pledges to use loans from the Asia Development Bank (ADB) effectively, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said at his recent meeting with ADB Vice President Bruce Davis in Hanoi. ADB is among the three...
The Ministry of Health plans to kick off a project in the third quarter of this year to build dozens of small hospitals across Vietnam in a move to ease the severe hospital overload at public health facilities nationwide. Local hospitals are...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi is likely to double the fees of 819 health services at all state-owned hospitals from August 1, 2013 under a proposal of the municipal People’s Committee sent to the People’s Council. The new fees will be 70% of the...
