The U.S. Atlantic Philanthropies organization (AP) will fund $7 million to help improve healthcare services in Vietnam’s southern province of Ca Mau under an a signed agreement on the aid, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported Feb 22. The $14-...
The Vietnamese government has assigned the health ministry to build a national strategy on malaria prevention by 2020, with further development by 2030, under which it aims to eliminate the disease by 2030, the government said on its website. Under...
Vietnamese hospitals made total revenues of over VND38.9 trillion ($1.86 billion) last year, up 20% from a year earlier, showed statistics from the Health Ministry’s Health Examination and Treatment Department. Of the sum, 71% came from hospital...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Committee for Ethnic Minorities have signed a cooperation agreement on improving cultural, sports and tourism activities for ethnic minority people in remote areas from 2011 to 2015. Accordingly,...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training Feb 25 launched a project to promote education for students from nine ethnic minority groups with low populations in the 2010-15 period. The project will support pupils and students from the O Du, Pu...
The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs promulgated a decree on ethnic minority affairs on February 24. The Decree No.05/2011/ND-CP includes five chapters and 28 articles stipulating activities relating to ethnic minorities, with the aim of...
Young musician, Duong Cam, and singer, Cam Tu, are going to set up a charity, titled “Uoc nguyen” (“Wish”), with the donations of 40% of the sales of their joint products. The decision was made after they had learnt about a young girl, named Nguyen...
A policy supporting poor people and vulnerable groups in medical check-ups and treatment has seen progresses with some 16 million poor people being provided with health insurance cards so far.Illustration photo. According to the Ministry of Health (...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s southern economic hub, targets to cut the poverty rate to 5.5% this year, compared to 6.6% currently, said the municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. Under the city’s poverty reduction program, up to...
Authorities in the southern Ho Chi Minh City yesterday handed over 14 charity houses to locals in remote district Can Gio. The 14 houses cost VND450 million ($21,400) and were built from the “For The Poor People” Fund that has been upheld by...
