Since 2008, the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) has performed free eye surgery for nearly 6,000 poor people across the country. From June 3-15, the VNIO’s mobile eye surgeons will offer free eye surgery to 200 poor people in Hai...
Vietnam is estimated to have recorded 72,500 hungry families in May, with 307,700 starveling people, down 24.2% and 23.2% on year, respectively, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSP) said. Most of the households are mainly in rural remote...
The European Union (EU) will continue to help eradicate hunger and reduce poverty in Vietnam in the years to come, Sean Doyle, Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam said.Doyle made the pledge at a press briefing in Hanoi June 2 to make public its...
The Agent Orange Justice – Australia Vietnam Solidarity Network (AOJ) officially made its debut in Sydney on June 1, with the aim of supporting Vietnamese AO victims.At the debut ceremony, AOJ launched a campaign to call for assistance to Vietnamese...
Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society Len Aldis has asked US agencies and companies involved in the production of Agent Orange to take responsibility and provide compensation to Vietnamese AO victims.Aldis made the request in his...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi have approved to spend an additional VND117 billion ($5.65 million) on implementation of nine water drainage projects this year. The projects will focus on coping with nine out of 23 seriously submerged...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai have begun the construction of a waste treatment plant in the island district of Ly Son with a total investment of VND93 billion ($4.49 million). The facility is capable of treating around 30...
Japan-invested Toyoda Giken Co., Ltd in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has been caught red handed dumping untreated toxic wastewater into the environment, the Vietnam Environment Administration and the Environmental Police Department said. The...
Long Thanh-Vientiane Golf Investment and Business Joint Stock Company has given $50,000 to Sayaburi province of Laos for building a primary school in Saysathan district. The company’s Deputy General Director Le Huy Hoang handed over the cash to the...
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) handed over learning and teaching equipments to Vietnam’s Hanoi Industrial Vocational College in an effort to help it improve the training quality.These equipments will be for the establishment of a...
