General News

  • NPA/RENEW has deployed four clearance teams to a critical and high impact task: clearing a confirmed hazardous area contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO). This confirmed contaminated area, spanning four villages across Thach Kim, Trung Nam,...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • Deputy Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Cung Duc Han affirmed Vietnam’s commitment to equitable access to digital technology and poverty reduction during the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on July 4,...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • Vietnam will increase its foreign invested capital from Australia, South Korea, and Japan to ethnic minority areas, contributing to socioeconomic development. The Department of International Cooperation under the government’s Committee for Ethnic...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • UNICEF is always ready to support Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) in child care and protection, affirmed UNICEF Vietnam’s Chief Representative Rana Flowers. The official made the statement at a farewell meeting...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • Dengue fever continues to be a significant public health issue in Vietnam, causing 100,000 hospitalizations and nearly 100 deaths annually, with many cases involving children, said Deputy Minister of Health Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thi Lien...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • Vietnam’s National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital) and AstraZeneca Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the healthcare sector, focusing on cancer research and improving treatment quality in the Southeast Asian...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • Vietnamese Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has met with outgoing UNICEF representative in Vietnam Ms. Rana Flowers to discuss measures for greater cooperation in public health, local media reported. During the meeting in Hanoi on July 2, Minister...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • Vietnam recorded 24,800 dengue fever cases and 28,600 hand-foot-mouth cases in the first half of this year, according to the latest figures of the government-run General Statistics Office (GSO). During this period, the country also logged 450...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • The adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) in Vietnam has been slow due to financial and technological constraints, local and foreign media reported. So far, 70 healthcare facilities have transitioned to EMRs out of nearly 1,500 public...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024
  • Vietnam’s Law on Water Resources 2023, officially effective from July 1, marks a leap forward in mindset, approach, and changes in water resources management methods to ensure that they are managed as national assets that belong to the entire people...
    Monday, 8th July, 2024