Vietnam’s Prime Minister has approved the “Mekong Delta Integrated Climate Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Project” using the World Bank’s loan. The project, with a total investment of nearly $385 million, will be implemented in six years. It...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Hiroshi Hase, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in Hanoi on May 4, noting education as the countries’ best cooperation realm, state media reported. Accordingly...
A 3-km run for a green, clean and beautiful life around Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi attracted over 3,000 people on April 24. The run, organized by Amway’s Nutrilite brand and the Vietnam News Agency, was the third annual event to raise people’s awareness...
The government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs and related agencies should pay attention to implementing relevant resolutions and directives of the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly and the Government on ethnic affairs, said President...
Washington is ready to assist Hanoi in coping with drought and salinization as well as climate change, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Secretary Tom Vilsack told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Speaking at a reception in Hanoi on...
Vietnam’s prime minister has approved a project to support green growth and climate change programs using loans from the World Bank. The project’s objective is to help build and implement policies and strategies, and improve institutions and...
Around 1,200 Vietnamese women are detected to have ovarian cancer in late stage, according to a seminar held by the Vietnam’s Cancer Association and Tumor Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, state media reported. Fresh cases of ovarian and cervical...
Vietnam’s health sector aims to keep the rate of people with malaria below 0.15 per thousand and the rate of mortality related to the disease below 0.02 per thousand in the 2016-2020 period, according to the Department of Preventive Medicine. The...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has announced that the Zika virus outbreak is over in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Khanh Hoa province, according to the General Department of Preventive Medicine on April 25. No new cases have been found in HCMC and Khanh...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underlined the need to identify the responsibilities of agencies concerned with food safety management, especially the role played by their chiefs. PM Phuc made the request at a teleconference on Apr 27...
