As many as 5,000 Vietnamese people will take part in “Clean Up the World” campaign 2011 to be launched in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept 17. The information was released at a press briefing by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Ho Chi...
Odonto - Maxillo - Facial Hospital in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City Aug 29 put into operation a new medical treatment area worth over VND207 billion ($9.95 million) after two-year construction. The treatment area with 11...
The Vietnamese prime minister has proposed the president to approve a $200-million loan agreement with the World Bank (WB) for an urban water supply and wastewater project. Earlier, State Bank of Vietnam’s governor Nguyen Van Giau and WB Country...
Vietnam Green Environment Company has got a license to build a VND300 billion ($14.42 million) waste treatment plant in the southern province of Tay Ninh. Located on an 18-ha site in Go Dau district, the facility is designed to have a daily capacity...
Authorities of Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong August 31 signed a cooperation deal with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on the second phase of a project to improve the water quality. The project’s second phase will focus...
Vietnam is estimated to have attracted $322.71 million worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in two projects on clean water supply and waste treatment between Jan and Aug. The figure accounts for 3.37% of the country’s total FDI of $9.57 billion...
Vietnam is estimated to have recorded 75 food poisoning cases in the first eight months of this year, affecting 3,900 people, including nine deaths, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said.In July, the country also reported 19 such...
Vietnam is estimated to have disbursed VND634 billion ($30.48 million) worth of state funds for its health projects in the first eight months of this year, fulfilling 70.5% of the year’s set target. The figure represents a slightly on-year rise of 6...
The Austrian government will provide EUR12.5 million in official development assistance (ODA) for the second phase of a project on upgrading medical devices in Vietnam existing hospitals. An agreement to this effect was signed in Hanoi Aug 29, the...
Vietnam has attracted only $22 million worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in two health and social support projects in the first eight months of this year. The figure accounts for just 0.23% of the country’s total FDI of $9.57 billion during...
