The Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet and the Management Board of Cham Island has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the protection of flora and fauna in the forest of the island. The Management Board said the MoU will allow...
Big waves and a rise in sea level have washed away an area of 4,000sq.m of Cua Dai Beach, 5km from Hoi An’s ancient town since last week, after a series of tropical low pressures and heavy downpours hit the central coastal region. Chairman of the...
Green Trees, a Vietnamese unregistered civil society organization, has published a report on environmental disaster in Vietnam’s central region after Taiwan-invested Formosa Corporation poisoned the sea by untreated toxic waste. The report “An...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has recently asked universities and colleges nationwide to publicize the employment rates of graduated students on the schools’ websites starting from this academic year, state media reported...
Strong social dialogue, better working conditions and improved productivity will define economic progress in Vietnam, as it enters a new era of global integration, state media reported October 25 from a conference in Hanoi. This is the main message...
An unexploded bomb was discovered on Oct 22 in an area in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri which borders with Laos. Local residents found the bomb near the edge of Se Bang Hieng River in Huong Lap commune, Huong Hoa district, after a downpour...
Dozens kinds of unexploded ordnance (UXO) used in wartime have been disabled by Vietnam’s armed forces, surprising specialists from other countries. Local people and experts from the 4th conference of the Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Mine...
Senior officials from Vietnam and the U.S. have attended today [Oct 18] the start of the second and final phase of a dioxin contamination treatment at the Danang airport, the first project which marks the Washington’s official financial support to...
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on October 17 launched a month for the poor and raised fund for flood victims in the central region. The event drew the attendance of VFF President Nguyen Thien Nhan and Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue. It responded to...
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is stepping up poverty reduction efforts in the last quarter so as to cut the household poverty rate by 2.6% this year. To that end, local authorities will continue to survey poor and near-poor families and...
