Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has set a target to reduce the rate of deaths caused by dangerous infectious diseases in the 2016-20 period. The target was announced by Nguyen Nam Lien, head of Ministry of Planning and Finance Department, at a...
Although the family doctor model has been implemented in many district and communal medical centres in Ho Chi Minh City, it is still an unpopular service among patients. Vo Thi Kim Oanh, head of a medical centre in Binh Hung Hoa A ward, Binh Tan...
Vietnam is expected to generalize the first-ever vaccine for the mosquito-borne disease dengue fever, after the completion of its experimental phase, according to the local drug administration. In order for the new vaccine to be circulated, the...
The Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City declared the end of Zika virus outbreak at the ward level on April 21. Director of the municipal Preventive Health Centre Nguyen Tri Dung said on April 20 that after announcing the Zika outbreak at Thanh...
The Vietnamese Women Union and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDSC) co-held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 19 for a clean water system in Quy Hoa commune, northern Hoa Binh province. The project has a total investment of VND994...
Hanoi could be hit by water shortages this summer because the Da River water pipeline No.1 faced risk of re-breaking, while a second pipeline will not be finished by its scheduled deadline, according to city authorities. The total clean water supply...
Vietnam must take drastic measures to tackle drought and saline intrusion to help ensure water security and prevent the politicization of water in the region. Irrigation facilities, re-arrangement of crops as well as developing plant varieties and...
The ongoing severe drought and salinization have caused damage of VND6.4 trillion ($284.44 million) for Vietnam so far, state media reported. Along with causing serious damage for hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops in the Mekong Delta, the...
There are less than 5 tigers living in the wild in Vietnam, a drop from 30 in 2010, said Deputy Director of the Nature Education Centre Nguyen Phuong Dung. As many as 179 tigers are captive in 14 private farms across the nation, doubling from 81 in...
A national meeting to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5 is scheduled to be held in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. This was announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on Apr 20. The event is expected...
