Hanoi will announce five large projects to build nearly 3,000 houses and apartments for low-income people on March 5th, according to the Ministry of Construction. These houses are expected to be constructed in four districts of Long Bien, Gia Lam,...
The northern province of Bac Kan has built 2,202 houses for poor families after two years of implementation of the Prime Minister’s policy on assisting poor families with housing. Nhandan newspaper reported that each house has been built with an...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the content of the agreement sponsoring agriculture, farmers and rural areas (known as Tam Nong) support project in three provinces of Gia Lai, Ninh Thuan and Tuyen Quang. The Vietnamese...
A fund worth $30 million has been raised in the U.S. in an effort to help Vietnam clean and revive areas contaminated by Agent Orange sprayed by American troops during the Vietnam War. The fund was initiated by U.S. scholars and people at a...
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA), in association with the National Humanitarian Portal “1400”, has launched a campaign to send messages, each worth VND18,000, to support AO victims.Facebook Read the original newsTwitter 0...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced that it agrees with the approval delay of all dams in the lower Mekong mainstream for ten years to ensure a comprehensive understanding of possible impacts of the construction. Environmental...
Vietnam is estimated to need VND45 trillion ($2.15 billion) for a clean water supply and environmental sanitation program in the 2011-2015 period, Minister of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said.Of the sum, VND8.9...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri have approved a VND378 billion ($18.1 million) project on fresh water supply and environmental sanitation. The investment comes from official development assistance (ODA) loans, non-refundable...
Health authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have cautioned about wider spread of rubella, as the number of rubella patients has been rising in recent times, said deputy director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases Nguyen Hong Ha...
Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city of Vietnam, will take drastic measures to cut the rising rate of chronic diseases and obesity among children, said a health official. Director of the HCM City Nutrition Centre Do Thi Ngoc Diep made the...
