It is estimated that the volume of bombs and mines left from the war is around 800,000 tons, polluting more than 20% of Vietnam’s total area. All 63 provinces and cities inthe country are polluted with mines. The figures were released at a press...
Over 83% of central Quang Tri province’s area were contaminated with bombs, mines and explosives left from wars, according to statistics collected from a recent survey. Since 1975, the locality has recorded 8,459 accidents caused by unexploded...
Authorities in a province in north-central Vietnam have exerted much effort to clear landmines and other war remnants in recent times, leading to half of the wartime bombs there being defused. Officials in Ha Tinh Province said that they had...
Australia always pay heed to assisting Ha Giang in realizing its socio-economic development targets, said Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman at his working session with authorities from the mountainous northern province on April 5. The...
The central province of Thua Thien – Hue and the Vietnam Institute of Dictionary and Encyclopedia have successfully compiled a trilingual dictionary for ethnic people in the locality. The dictionary includes around 8,000 words featuring Vietnamese,...
Representatives of the World Bank (WB) have met with authorities of Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh to discuss construction of coastal road linking Thai Binh with provinces of Nam Dinh, and Quang Ninh and Haiphong city. At the meeting, WB...
Foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and enterprises have committed to provide $1.1 million to assist Vietnamese communities that were hit the hardest by drought and saline intrusion, state media has reported. The money will be used for...
The Vietnamese prime minister has approved a project aimed at promoting the rights of persons with disabilities funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) worth $21 million, state media reported. The project will be...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has okayed to extend a power transmission project receiving financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by one year and a half to four years and a half. The extension aims to boost the...
Vietnam saw a sudden rise in the number of autism patients, which rose by as much as 50 times between 2000 and 2007 and reached more than 200,000 currently, state media reported, adding that the number could be 500,000 according to criteria by the...
