The International Labor Organization (ILO) is willing to assist Vietnam in implementing the Maritime Labor Convention, which took effect on August 20, 2013, said ILO Vietnam Director Gyorgy Sziraczki. Mr. Sziraczki made the pledge in Hanoi yesterday...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have ratified a VND35 billion ($1.65 million) project to improve food hygiene and safety at local restaurants from now to 2015. The project will target eating and drinking shops and stalls serving...
Vietnam is in short of VND7.5 trillion ($353.77 million) for continuing the implementation of healthcare projects approved in the first six months of this year, the Ministry of Health said at a meeting in Hanoi on Aug 20. Of the sum, VND4.5 trillion...
The Ministry of Health Aug 21 launched a master plan on building 48 satellite hospitals across Vietnam by 2015 in a move to ease the severe hospital overload at public health facilities nationwide. Under the plan costing VND1.7 trillion ($80.18...
The Dutch government will grant VND260 billion ($12.26 million) for the construction of two water supply plants in Vietnam’s southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. An agreement on the aid was signed by the Dutch Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City...
The Vietnamese government should add environmental planning to the country’s plans for socio-economic development to realize its target of sustainable development, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen. Mr. Tuyen...
Vietnam is likely to continue facing extreme weather conditions such as higher temperatures, lower summer rainfalls, stronger storms, and rising sea levels from now to 2050, experts said at a conference on high resolution weather forecast in Hanoi...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will keep tuition fees at state-run schools unchanged in the 2013-2014 school year to ease financial burdens on poor students. Specifically, the tuition fee for preschool, secondary school and high school remains at...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi are planning to conduct an in-depth inspection of education establishments next month in a bid to tighten control over their operation and ensure the training quality. The municipal People’s Committee...
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has organized delegations to visit and present gifts to Agent Orange (AO) victims throughout the country to partly relieve their pain caused by the spraying of the toxic chemical by the US Army. On August 13, the agency...
