The three pillars of reform identified by the Vietnamese Government are certainly appropriate, and if successful, they will put Vietnam on a path to sustainable economic growth. Vice President of the Asian Development Bank in East Asia, Southeast...
The central province of Khanh Hoa will put aside VND60 billion to support poor ethnic minority people investing in production and developing their local economy. Vietnam News Agency reported that some VND24 billion will be spent helping people buy...
Children at the Centre for Agent Orange victims has received a donation worth VND40 million ($2,000) from Duy Tan University's graduate students in the central city of Danang. The donation included food, books and teaching facilities. The centre has...
During February 4-6, a delegation from the National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Vice Minister Nguyen Thanh Son, visited Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces and presented gifts from overseas...
The World Bank (WB) has approved the Vietnam Climate Change Development Policy Operation in a move to help the country tackle the negative impacts of climate change next years, foreign media reported. This is the first of a series of three...
As many as 14 food poisoning cases were reported in the southern province of Binh Duong during the Lunar New Year holiday, an increase of seven cases compared with last year. Wine poisoning killed three people and left one other in critical...
Vietnam recorded three food poisoning cases in the first month of 2012, involving 156 people, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said Feb 2. The victims in collective poisoning cases came from the southern provinces of Ben Tre, An...
Market regulators in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi found 117 cases violating the regulations on food hygiene and safety on the occasion of Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday. They imposed a total fine of more than VND329 million ($15,600) on violators...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have urged to speed up medical waste treatment projects in a bid to protect the degrading environment. The projects will benefit 16 public hospitals in a move to ease the environment pollution caused by...
Vietnam spent $95 million on importing pharmaceuticals in Jan 2012, falling 17.4% from a year earlier, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said Feb 2. The figure also showed a decrease of 33.1% from the previous month, the office noted...
