Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City have approved adding VND262.1 billion ($13.75 million) to its anti-flood and rural traffic projects this year, the Tien Phong newspaper reported. The local authorities plan to check 142 out of 144 dyke works and 69...
The United Nations (UN) has funded more than $4.6 million to a project to improve the capabilities of three Vietnamese provinces and cities in responding to climate change, reducing vulnerability and controlling Green House Gas emissions, state...
The French Development Agency (AFD) has committed to add EUR20 million in loan for Vietnam’s support program to respond to climate change (SP-RCC), the French Embassy to Hanoi said in a statement May 14. Earlier, the Japanese government funded JPY10...
International Obstetrics Hospital JSC started to build an international obstetrics hospital worth VND857 billion ($45 million) in the central province of Nghe An’s Vinh city May 15. This is the first hospital of its kind in the province, the state-...
Saigon Medical Investment JSC of Vietnam and Sokimex Co. of Cambodia kicked off the construction of Cho Ray - Phnom Penh General Hospital May 15. Covering a site of 50,000 sq.m in Meanchey district, ten km from Phnom Penh, the hospital has two five-...
Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), a U.S. non-governmental organization, has granted $8.5 million to a health project in the Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue, state media reported. The project costing $11.89 million is slated for completion...
Vietnam Medical Product Import-Export JSC and Vietnam Fair and Advertisement Company (Vietfair) launched the 17th international exhibition on medical and pharmaceutical products (Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2010) in Hanoi May 12. More than 200 domestic and...
Ho Chi Minh City Society of Reproductive Medicine (HOSREM) and Tu Du Hospital held the 10th Vietnam-France-Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health (VFAPCRH) from May 12 to 18. As many as 1,600 domestic and foreign experts and doctors from...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has pledged to fund $4.2 million to help Vietnam to produce vaccines against A/H5N1, A/H1N1 and seasonal flu diseases by using embryonated eggs, the Lao Dong newspaper reported. The Institute of Vaccines and...
The Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) and Tay Ninh provincial authorities have signed a deal to build a Sorbitol (sugar alcohol) plant that costs $22 million. Sorbitol is used in various industrial fields, including food processing,...
