The southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Vietnam Farmer Association to intervene in to ask Taiwanese sodium glutamate producer Vedan to compensate for local farmers. In late...
Cities and provinces in Vietnam will adjust forestation plans in an effort to complete the national program to grow five million hectares of forests in 2011, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported. The move came after a directive by the Deputy Prime...
Nghe An province in central Vietnam has to date carried out the ODA-funded water supply and drainage projects that total $38.46 million. Of the sum, $21 million has been used to upgrade the clean water supply project and EUR13.6 million ($17.46...
The Vietnam National University and the German Technical University of Dresden held an international seminar on waste recycling management in Hanoi from May 4 to 6, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said. The three-day workshop attracted the...
A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment led by Minister Pham Khoi Nguyen took part in the 5th Global Oceans Conference in Paris from May 3-7. The conference, themed “Ensuring Survival, Preserving Life and...
Forty six doctors and nurses from the Military Hospital 175 and the Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital of Vietnam provided free-of-charge eye examination and surgeries to 200 poor patients in Cambodia on May 4. This is the first charity tour held by the...
Nghe An province in central Vietnam is calling on the Vietnamese government to increase g-bonds for health projects costing VND1.121 trillion ($59 million) in Vinh City, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said. Of the total, VND1 trillion will be...
As many as 15% of pregnant women in Vietnam are developing diabetes, a survey on 100 pregnant women conducted by a team of doctors from Hanoi-based Thanh Nhan Hospital showed. Notably, aging pregnant women and Body Mass Index (BMI) groups are...
Acute diarrhea has broken out in Vietnam’s northern province of Ha Nam with 47 patients hospitalized May 3, the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper reported, citing the provincial preventive health center. The victims were hospitalized after eating food at...
As many as 15% of pregnant women in Vietnam are developing diabetes, a survey on 100 pregnant women conducted by a team of doctors from Hanoi-based Thanh Nhan Hospital showed. Notably, aging pregnant women and Body Mass Index (BMI) groups are...
