All such imported food products are subject to a state inspection for safety, conducted by inspection agencies designated by Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MOH), according to its Circular 52 issued on Dec 21 last year. Any request for this state...
At least 300 people die and missing in natural disasters annually in Vietnam which is ranked one of five hardest-hit countries by climate change, state media reported, citing the UN Women at a three-day conference in Hanoi beginning May 16....
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) will provide fresh water and assistance in cash to residents in four provinces suffering from drought and saltwater intrusion, during May and June. The VRCS Central Committee said the beneficiary localities are...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment on May 17 issued a fine of nearly VND4 billion ($181,800) to three companies in the central province off Thanh Hoa for discharging untreated wastewater which killed thousands tons of fish in...
A number of organizations signed a joint action program in Hanoi on May 19 to support farmers affected by drought, saltwater intrusion, and massive seafood death. The signatories include the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee along...
A delegation of Vietnamese student attended the International Science and Technology Competition 2016 – Intel ISEF 2016 have brought home four third prizes, according to from Ministry of Education and Training. The prizes were awarded for their...
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on May 16 signed a license to establish the Fulbright University Vietnam in the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City, nearly a year since the university got its investment license and only a week...
Engineers from the Military Command in Haiphong City, in co-ordination with the relevant units and the local authority, successfully removed four bombs to a safe place to defuse them. This information was revealed by Lt Col Dang Ba Nhinh, chief of...
Vietnam aims to increase the number of ethic minority deputies at the 14th National Assembly (NA) so that the assembly has appropriate representation from all social strata. Ethnic minorities have been encouraged to participate in the NA...
The Japanese government has signed agreements to provide a total of $204 million in official development assistance (ODA) for three development projects in Vietnam on the occasion of the official visit of Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to the...
