The Ministry of Health has proposed that the Government raise financial assistance for people living near the national poverty line so they can take part in health insurance. The support increases to 70% of the total cost from 50% by 2012. Students...
Korean firm Miwon Viet Nam Sept 15 donated VND600 million (around $28,600) to help the Viet Nam Red Cross providing scholarships to students and build house for the poor from now until August 2012.Last year, Miwon also granted $25,000 for low-income...
The Norwegian government has financed $3.8 million for the second phase of a socio-economic development project for poverty reduction in Vietnam. The project will be carried out at 49 communes of five districts of Dinh Hoa, Tan Son, Doan Hung, Quang...
The UNDP and Vietnamese ministries of Natural Resources and Environment; Agriculture and Rural Development have started a Global Environment Fund-funded project to help enhance the effectiveness in reserves movement in Vietnam. The $3.5-million...
Experts from the U.S. and the four Lower Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam Sept 12 gathered at meeting in Ho Chi Minh City to share practical knowledge and experiences in disaster management. The event is jointly held by the...
Vietnam’s health sector expects to receive further supports from the World Bank (WB) to improve its capabilities in health management in the coming times, Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said. The minister made the statement at a recent meeting in...
Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is estimated to need around VND37 trillion ($1.78 billion) for tap water supply projects from now through 2025, heard a recent seminar. Of the total, VND30 trillion will be earmarked between 2011...
After having their lunch on Friday, 20 students at Dong Da Primary School in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City developed symptoms of food poisoning such as nausea and dizziness and had to be hospitalized.Pham Minh Dai, the school headmaster, told Tuoi...
The Vietnamese government will spend VND150 billion ($7.21 million) on a clean water supply and environmental sanitation project in rural areas in the northern province of Ha Giang. This is part of a national target program for rural clean water and...
A meeting to kick-start a $50-million clean water supply and environmental sanitation project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) opened in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh on Sept 9. Of the sum, $45 million comes from the ADB and the...
