More than 400 people in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Gia Lai, were hospitalized on May 31 due to food poisoning, the www.vnexpress.net online newspaper reported June 1. The victims suffered from symptoms of stomachache, vomiting and...
Vietnam reported 20 food poisoning cases in May, killing ten people and affecting 704 others, state media reported June 3, citing the Ministry of Health. Compared to April, the number of cases and affected people increased 185.7% and 951%,...
The Belgian government has approved to provide EUR10 million in official development assistance (ODA) for an upgrading project of clean water supply system of the Tra vinh city in Vietnam’s southern province of Tra Vinh. The project aims to double...
As many as 2.3 million doses of a new five in one vaccine are now available free-of-charge for children aged less than one as part of the National Expanded Program on Immunization which began on June 1. The vaccine, which protects against five...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have approved a project worth of VND202 billion to prevent landslides along the Hong (Red) River, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said June 02. The city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural...
Senior officials of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and experts from non-governmental organizations gathered at a conference on the sustainable development of Sesan-Srepok-Sekong Rivers (3S Rivers) taking place in the central highlands city of Buon Ma Thuat...
Up to 70% of total daily wastewater from industrial parks (IPs) nationwide is discharged into environment without treatment, damaging considerably water sources, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said in a report released June 1....
The Vietnamese National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Commission estimates the yearly revenue from environment tax will be between VND14.3 trillion ($752 million) and VND57 trillion ($3 billion). The commission announced the estimate in a discussion...
Japan will provide $78,000 in non-refundable aid to Vietnam’s mountainous northern province of Dien Bien to build a primary school in Ta Te commune, Dien Bien Dong district. An agreement to this effect was signed between Japanese Ambassador Mitsuo...
Representatives from countries, international organizations and donors attended the 7th dialogue on preventing and fighting against corruption in the education sector in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on May 28, the Vietnamese government said on...
