Vietnam has lost about VND517 billion ($24.38 million) from natural disasters in July, versus nearly VND63.2 billion in July 2012, said the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). Among disasters-hit localities, the northern city of Haiphong...
Vietnam should enhance international cooperation in making policies and strategies related to natural resource management and environmental protection amid rising degradation, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha....
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) disbursed an estimated amount of VND339 billion ($16 million) worth of state funds for its projects in the first seven months of 2013, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). The figure...
More than 10,000 people will join a fundraising walk next week to commemorate the Day for Victims of Agent Orange which falls on August 10. The annual event will be held on August 3 in Dam Sen Cultural Park in HCM City's District 11. It is organised...
Leaders of Central Highlands localities require issues like farmland, jobs and the lives of ethnic minority groups to be settled promptly and effectively in the coming time. They made the request at a meeting convened by the Steering Committee for...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and 140 representatives of Vietnamese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered at a meeting in Hanoi July 24 to enhance cooperation via a new grant program. The USAID’s Development Grants...
The World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have pledged to continue their assistance for Vietnam’s development projects in the years to come, said top executives of the two organizations. WB Group President Jim Yong Kim and IMF...
Vietnamese authorities have uncovered more and more food and foodstuff samples tainted with banned substances, which are posing great threats to people’s health, warned experts. The environmental police detected 500 cases of smuggled chicken and...
Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city of Vietnam, will set up 13 new satellite hospitals in several southern provinces and cities in a move to ease the severe overload at the city’s hospitals. This is part of a national plan to build satellite...
Work on HCM City's water drainage system has helped to stem flooding this year, but experts warn that more floods of a larger scale could reoccur if serious measures are not taken. According to the city's People's Committee, for the first six months...
