Health experts have raised warning on the rising number of Vietnamese children with serious lead poisoning, especially those using low-quality traditional medicines. Nearly 3,000 children, mostly aged two months to three years old, from 24 provinces...
Vietnam is estimated to suffer a loss of nearly VND2 trillion ($94.4 million) from clean water leakage per year, Nguyen Hong Tien from the Ministry of Construction said at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City. At a meeting on finding ways to prevent water...
Nari, the eleventh tropical storm hitting Vietnam this year, has caused a total loss of VND3 trillion ($141.5 million) for the central coastal region as of Oct 20, according to the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control. The storm left 22...
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has called on ASEAN members to enhance cooperation in coping with natural disaster amid rising impacts of climate change. In his speech at the 2013 ASEAN Disaster Emergency Response Simulation...
Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Oct 22 launched a project on climate change adaptation using EUR8 million from the Luxembourg government. The project totaling EUR10 million is scheduled to be implemented in 29 low-...
The Vietnamese government will subsidize maximum 50% the cost for each project on improving the environment at seriously-polluted craft villages under the newly-issued government circular. According to the circular on budget allocation for the...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank, and the Vietnam Ministry of Construction have signed an agreement to boost the effective use of energy and the development of green construction. Under the pact, the IFC will...
Fifteen Vietnamese high school students were awarded ASEAN Scholarships to study in Singapore. The Singapore Embassy organized a ceremony last week to honor the scholarship recipients attended by Ambassador Ng Tech Hean and representatives from the...
A charity event held in the northern province of Thai Binh on October 16 raised over VND50 million ($2,350) for local Agent Orange victims. The exchange, co-organized by the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA), Thai...
A 500 pound (227kg) bomb was discovered in Thanh commune on the bank of the Se Pon river, in central Quang Tri Province yesterday. Pham Thi Hoang Ha, of PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN), a non-governmental organization that has been searching for...
