The Vietnamese government spent over VND14.03 trillion ($719.49 million) on a poverty reduction program for ethnic minorities and mountainous communes in 2006-2010 or Program 135 Phase II, the Nhan Dan newspaper reported Jan 4. The information was...
More than VND6.3 trillion ($323.07 million) have been raised via the charity program for poor people entitled “Noi Vong Tay Lon” (Joining the Great Fold) which took place in Hanoi on Dec 31. The program was co-held by the Central Committee of the...
The Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has asked the Party committees, governments and the Fatherland Front committees of the city’s 24 districts, and relevant agencies to hold activities that support the needy people during the Lunar New Year 2011 or...
The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Central Committee announced at a meeting on January 6 that its local chapters have raised more than VND64 billion to help build 7,000 houses for women in difficult circumstances. Last year, a campaign to build...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have set up a fund for local Agent Orange victims in an effort to help them lead a normal life with basic living conditions. The fund aims to call for different financial sources domestically and abroad...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a $1.8 million agreement on popularization of books on maternal and newborn healthcare in Hanoi on Dec 27. The three-year project which will be kicked off...
Dengue fever is estimated to have attacked 119,100 Vietnamese people this year, claiming 89 lives, showed the General Statistics Office (GSO), giving no on-year comparative figures. Among regions, the central highlands have reported the highest...
Just 45% of Vietnam’s rural residents have gained access to clean water in line with the Ministry of Health (MoH)’s standards, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in its latest report. The rate of households in rural areas having...
About 40 people including 15 children in Dai Tam Commune, My Xuyen District, the southern province of Soc Trang, suffered food poisoning after eating bread on Dec 25. The bread was bought from Nhu Gia Bakery in Thanh Phu Commune. All the victims...
Vietnam has reported 132 food poisoning cases this year, affecting 4,700 people including 41 deaths, the General Statistics Office said. In November, the country recorded six cases with 123 affected locals in five provinces of Phu Yen, Gia Lai,...
