Foreign non-governmental organization (NGO)-funded projects have made significant contributions to the socio-economic development of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. The assessment was given during an October 31 conference on the mobilization...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi are calling on foreign investors to build international hospitals to better serve local people and ease the severe overload at public hospitals, said a senior official. Chairman of the municipal People’...
Vietnamese health authorities will set up five groups to inspect the operations of private health centers nationwide, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said at an urgent meeting in Hanoi Oct 27. The move came after high public concerns and...
Vietnam has for the first time succeeded in applying nanotechnology to produce Nano Curcumin—a substance that can help cure cancer, according to the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. The breakthrough is a result of a two-year research...
More than 30,000 poor households in the northern midland province of Phu Tho have benefited from preferential loans to build nearly 60,000 water supply and sanitation facilities. Since the beginning of this year, the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies...
The government of Luxembourg has pledged to provide the central region of Vietnam with EUR8 million for a project on dealing with climate change impacts in the 2013-2017 period, said Hoang Ngoc Khanh, head of the provincial People’s Committee. The...
Representatives from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are gathering at a conference in the Lao province of Khammouane to discuss ways to promote green growth towards sustainable development. Addressing the opening ceremony, Lao National Academy of Social...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) disbursed an estimated VND48 billion ($2.13 million) worth of state funding for its projects in October, a decrease of 2.13% from September, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said....
The Swiss government will assist Vietnam in removing post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the years to come, according to Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, deputy defense minister of Vietnam. Mr. Vinh released the...
The U.K. government will continue to support Vietnam in dealing with the consequences of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war in the years to come, affirmed UK Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan. Minister Duncan...
