Two Tibetan bears which were illegally kept in captivity in southern An Giang province were given to the Hon Me Rescue Centre of southern Kien Giang province on Sept 29. This puts an end to the illegal bear breeding in An Giang, as those two were...
The Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) group has called on member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to vote against Swaziland’s proposal to legalese the rhino horn trade. Ahead...
Hundreds of fishermen in the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh gathered on Sept 26 to sue Taiwan-invested Formosa Hung Nghiep Ha Tinh Steel Corporation for causing pollution that harms their lives and leave them penniless. More than 500...
Domestic and foreign experts at a workshop held in Hanoi last weekend warned that air pollution in Vietnam is getting worse, missing targets for safety levels and putting the lives and health of millions at risks, state media reported. Air pollution...
A senior official from Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) on Sept.22 said at a conference in Hanoi that environment watchdogs will focus on checking the group companies and projects that are most polluting. Speaking at...
An independent research from Tufts University in Massachusetts on the Better Work program in Vietnam showed that many garment makers in Vietnam are applying a traditional paycheck, the “low basic wage,” and workers have to do overtime if they want...
A school milk program was launched nationwide on Sept.28, aiming at providing school-children with free milk to improve their health and physique, state media reported. The “School Milk – For Vietnam’s Stature” program, approved by the prime...
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been told that it will put a heavy burden on students by including multiple foreign languages in the curriculum at general schools. MOET has said that it will teach Russian and Chinese as the first...
RMIT Vietnam has announced the winners of 98 scholarships with a value of more than VND27.5 billion ($1.2 million) to prospective and current students, state media reported. The scholarships, which are allocated in 12 categories and cover 100%, 50%...
Vietnam’s Vingroup Joint Stock Company (Vingroup JSC) has recently announced the transformation of Vinmec and Vinschool, its hospital brand and education brand, into non-profit models and pledged to use 100% profit for social causes, state media...
