The Women’s Entrepreneurial Centers of Resources, Education, Access, and Training for Economic Empowerment (WECREATE), an initiative of the U.S. Department of State, has been opened in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi. The development of the WECREATE...
A group of experts from the World Bank (WB) have worked with authorities in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to help the locality develop solar energy in the 2017-2018 period amid rising demand for power in the 10-million city. The bank will help the city...
Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department has recently launched 15 more spots for screening and detecting Zika virus infections in the context of increasing number of infections in the city, state media reported. As a result, the city now has 45...
The inorganic arsenic content in 247 tested fish sauce sample is within the permitted levels, said Vietnam’s Ministry of Health. The 247 fish sauce samples were taken from 82 traditional and industrial brands, in five cities and provinces: Hanoi and...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has reported an increase in the number of people bitten by rove beetles in recent time. Residential areas near fields or lawns, especially high-rise apartment buildings, should be careful about rove beetle, an insect...
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City reports nearly 14,700 people infected with dengue fever since the beginning of this year, up 16% compared to the same period last year. Off the number, there people died because of the fever. Currently, there are around...
The World Bank (WB) has warned that Vietnam’s population is aging faster and on a larger scale than any other countries in the coming decades, state media reported, citing the bank. Statistics by the bank showed that the number of people aging 65...
Several coastal areas in Vietnam are likely to become the victims of climate change and be under water by the end of this century, according to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Scenarios for Vietnam released by Ministry of Natural Resources and...
Vietnam and Thailand will work closely together and with international organizations to manage the Mekong River’s resources efficiently. That was agreed by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak...
Vietnam’s police and customs forces have seized total 3.3 tons of elephant tusks which were illegally imported from Kenya and Mozambique over the past month. The latest batch was found on Oct 26 when the forces checked at Cat Lai port in the...
