Up to 23,000 children in Vietnam are blind in both eyes and half of these cases could have been preventable if getting timely treatment, statistics from the Hanoi-based Central Eye Hospital showed. The hospital also warned of an increase of children...
The Vietnam National University plans to invest $200 million in a 1,000-bed hospital project and a school of medicine and pharmacy. The project is scheduled to cover 30 hectares in the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park, 30 kilometers from the center of Hanoi,...
Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu has urged the private sector to invest into the healthcare field in a bid to improve the service quality and reduce the financial burden for the state. Trieu made the call at a conference on public -...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health said that it will inspect management of medicine prices in central hospitals and a number of district-level ones at end-June. The move followed local people’s complaint about uncontrolled medicine price hikes in...
SNV Netherlands Development Organization provided EUR3.7 million ($4.52 million) in non-refundable aid for Vietnam to carry out a project to build 165,672 biogas cellars in 50 cities and provinces through 2012. The project is expected to help...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and authorities of Dien Bien province have signed a record of discussion on a $5.5 million sustainable forest management project in Vietnam’s northwestern region. The project will encourage...
Japan will provide technical assistances for Vietnam to build Hanoi-Noi Bai express railway, using Japanese Shinkansen technology, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported, citing the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport. Under a memorandum of understanding...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has announced that it will stop providing official development assistance (ODA) loans to Nhat Tan bridge project in Hanoi if the capital city fails to complete site clearance on schedule. The local...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will fund JPY18.3 billion ($203.6 million) to Vietnam’s infrastructure upgrade and water environment improvement projects, the Vietnam News Agency said. Under the two agreements signed between the...
South Korea has pledged to provide $300 million from its Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) for Vietnam this year, said the South Korean Ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation Pak Suk Hwan. The sum, which will fund Hanoi-Haiphong...
