The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Vietnam and General Directorate of Energy (GDE) on March 31 co-host the consultation workshop on “National Biomass Energy Development and Utilization Planning for the Period...
Vietnam may become a nation with the highest number of cancer cases in the world by 2020, said Do Ngoc Chinh, deputy director of the Center for Study and Consultation on Consumerism (CESCON), state media reported. Mr. Chinh made the projection based...
Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the setting up of a research and development centre for human organ and tissue transplants at 108 Military Hospital. The centre will be set up with state funding for scientific and technological...
The Ministry of Health has collected a total of 784 samples for the Zika virus tests in 32 provinces and cities nationwide from the beginning of 2016 to March 30. However, to date no sample has tested positive for the deadly virus in Vietnam,...
Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco) has written to the city government proposing building a water reservoir with a capacity of 1.35 million cubic meters on 23 hectares in the outlying district of Cu Chi in 2016-2017. Sawaco said the city now lacks...
A number of coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta which are located about 25-40 km from the sea are expected to welcome inflows of fresh water in April when the tide recedes, according to the Southern Irrigation Science Institute. The institute...
How to ease losses caused by drought and saltwater intrusion that are afflicting the Mekong Delta, south-central and Central Highlands regions dominated the last monthly meeting of the incumbent Government. Such was the last meeting for 20 out of 27...
The United States government will grant more support for Vietnam in the fight against the trafficking and sales of wildlife and animals so that the latter can build policies in line with the world’s standards, state media reported March 29 citing U....
President Truon Tan Sang said he hopes the World Bank (WB) will support Vietnam in coping with the prolonged salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta during a meeting with WB Country Director to Vi?t Nam Victoria Kwakwa yesterday. He briefed the WB...
The Russian government will grant 855 scholarships to Vietnamese students in the category of university degree, masters, PhD and trainees, state media reported. Accordingly, the undergraduate degree takes from four to five years, master degree two...
