More than VND9.66 trillion ($308.46 million) from the central budget has been allocated to Vietnam’s localities this year to implement the 2021-2025 national target program on new-style rural area development.
The Ministry of Finance reported that...
On November 4, Switzerland and the World Bank (WB) signed a $5 million agreement to mark a commitment to aid major Vietnamese cities in pursuing green growth and climate resilience, state media reported.
This agreement, funded by the Swiss State...
Each year, Vietnam sees over 100,000 premature births, contributing significantly to the burden of illness and mortality in children, according to the latest information announced at the launching ceremony of the 2024 "Tiny Hope" Run for Premature...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has proposed a policy to encourage the transfer of new and innovative drugs to enhance patient opportunities, said Mr. Vu Tuan Cuong, general director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV).
Mr. Cuong made the...
Vietnam ranks 153rd out of 201 countries worldwide in terms of average height and experts caution that vitamin D deficiency among Vietnamese children remains widespread, adversely affecting their growth potential.
These concerns were raised at the...
Australia, through its Indo-Pacific Plastic Innovation Network (IPPIN) led by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), aided Vietnamese businesses in developing solutions to plastic waste reduction, demonstrated...
A rare Sunda (Manis Javanica) pangolin, weighing 0.5kg, was handed over to forest rangers in Bu Gia Map District and Phuoc Long township in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on November 5.
One day earlier, while patrolling in a border area of Dak...
Vietnam is preparing for the November 24 - December 1 INC-5 session in Busan, South Korea, aiming to secure a strong position in global plastic waste negotiations, local media reported.
At a workshop held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and...
Vietnam recorded an economic loss of VND78.08 trillion ($3.25 billion) due to natural disasters in the first ten months of this year, up by 21.2 times y/y, according to the latest data from the General Statistics Office (GSO).
In the period, the...
Positive results on the conservation of nature and endangered wildlife species have been recorded in field surveys at reserves and national parks in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai by experts from the Centre for Conservation and...
