General News

  • On August 5, the National Institute of Nutrition and World Vision International in Vietnam launched the ENOUGH Nutrition Initiative to end child malnutrition, local media reported. Addressing the ceremony on Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • On August 7, Viet Duc University Hospital in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi announced that its surgeons successfully performed a trachea transplant using donor tissue from a brain-dead individual, combined with esophageal reconstruction surgery for...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has proposed a new population law that would allow couples and individuals to decide the timing, number, and spacing of their children, replacing the current policy that limits each couple or individual to one or...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • AstraZeneca Vietnam and the Cancer Patient Support Fund (Bright Future Fund) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve comprehensive healthcare for cancer patients and promote healthcare equity in Vietnam. This partnership aims to...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • Pfizer Vietnam, the Vietnam Medical Association, the Vietnam Pediatric Association, and the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital organized a series of symposia on pneumococcal serotypes and vaccines in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The event drew 100...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • Vietnam is facing a severe waste management crisis with overflowing landfills causing widespread environmental pollution and health risks for nearby communities. According to the HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the city...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • Vietnam is getting ready to participate in the final negotiations in South Korea in November for an international agreement on plastic pollution. Final negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) that will take place in Busan...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • A survey on 2,734 businesses in Vietnam, conducted by the Private Sector Development Research Board (Board IV), revealed that 64% are unprepared for the green transition, local media reported. At COP26, Vietnam committed to achieving net-zero...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • Vietnam has been impacted by 21 out of 22 types of natural disasters, resulting in 636 occurrences and 111 deaths or missing persons as of August 5, the highest toll over the last five years, according to the National Steering Committee for Natural...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024
  • The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creature Development under the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Management Board in the central province of Quang Binh has received 27 wild animals voluntarily handed over by organizations and individuals since...
    Monday, 12th August, 2024