Vietnam will take part in the humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and military medicine (HADR&MM) exercise in Brunei early next month, marking the country’s first time sending its force abroad for this kind of exercise, said Lieutenant-...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have launched a week of activities from May 20 -25 in response to the International Day for Biodiversity [May 22] to raise...
The Ministry of Education and Training has asked schools to introduce swimming lessons to prevent students from drowning. The ministry said swimming lessons should be included in the school curriculum and extracurricular swimming training should be...
The central city's Association for Victims of Agent Orange has received VND4.7 billion ($223,000), $3,000, and a car valued at VND1.2 billion ($57,000) from local and foreign donors following a fundraising event on Saturday. The event, titled ‘Love...
Vietnam will need an estimated VND14 trillion ($666.66 million) for removing post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) until 2015, as part of a national action plan recently approved by the prime minister. The plan is to help bomb and mine...
A group of doctors from Hanoi and HCM City recently performed free cataract surgeries on 180 poor patients in southernmost Ca Mau Province. The cost of the surgeries was VND700 million ($33,333). More than 4,700 people in Ca Mau received cataract...
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city of Vietnam, have set a target of reducing the percentage of poor households citywide by 2% by end-2013 from 2.12% at end-2012. To obtain this target, local authorities have asked agencies and...
Vietnam’s poverty rate dropped by 2.12% in 2012 against the previous year, exceeding the National Assembly’s earlier set target of 2%, the government said on its website. The information was recorded in the government’s supplementary report on the...
Vietnam and Laos should continue to strengthen experiences sharing in ethnic affairs, especially the implementation of poverty reduction and resettlement programs. National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung made the suggestion at a reception for a...
A three-day culture, sports and tourism festival for ethnic groups opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 16 with various festive activities. Visitors to the biennial festival will have the chance to enjoy traditional music, dance...
