Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has affirmed that it gave no license to the import of 160 tons of waste mud to Taiwan-invested Formosa Hung Nghiep Ha Tinh Steel Corp. The batch of mud arrived Vietnam last weekend on a ship which docked at...
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) has agreed to purchase an Earth observation satellite from Japan, marking the first ever export satellite by Japan, the Tokyo-based Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported over the weekend. The satellite...
The European Union Delegation to Vietnam has pledged to continue both financial and technical support as well as share experience in sustainable development to help Vietnam fulfil its commitments to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference...
The United Nations Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) said in the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) after a tour to Vietnam that the Southeast Asian country should raise tax on tobacco to at least 70% to curb smoking rate which...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a directive asking state agencies to take bold measures to combat any activities relating to trafficking of wild animals, especially transnational cases, according to the Government News Portal...
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...
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...
The Committee for Culture, Education, Adolescents, and Children of Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly (NA) has supported the establishment of education institutions which are run by religious sects. The move will help religious sects...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) will issue a teaching program for Russian and Chinese as first foreign languages for students from grade three at elementary schools to grade 12 at high school from next year, state media reported...
Deputy head of the Steering Committee for Central Highlands Region Dieu Kre received deputy head of the Lao Central Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Thongvanh Vilayheuang in Dak Lak province on September 13. At the event, they...
