Vietnam is one of the countries most vulnerable to impacts of climate change, the United States Ambassador (US) to Vietnam Ted Osius said. Speaking at a two-day symposium on coordinated responses to climate change last week in Haiphong City, Ted...
The national agriculture sector is working to restructure the cultivation schedule to save water, grow saltwater-resistant crops and trees, and efficiently use irrigation water in order to help millions of farmers in the Mekong Delta confront the...
The Vietnam Red Cross (VNRC) and the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control will jointly implement the natural disaster prevention law during the 2016-20 period. The co-operation is part of an agreement signed by...
Up to 11,700 colleges graduates or 35.61% out of 33,000 people receiving unemployed insurance in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi in 2015, state-run Phap Luat newspaper said citing the latest report by Hanoi Job Service Center under the Department of...
The Embassy of Japan in Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have agreed on the teaching of the Japanese language in Vietnam’s primary and secondary schools starting from the 2016-2017 school year, state media reported....
Chief Representative of the UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam Youssouf Abdel Jelil visited the Center for the Support of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims and Disadvantaged Children in Danang city on Feb 23. At the working session, he...
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) on February 25 launched a 55-day charitable texting program to support the sufferers. Under the program, which runs through April 19, an individual can donate VND 18,000 ($0.8) to...
Over 1 million poor people across the country were provided with rice support during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, deputy head of the General Department of State Reserves Le Van Thoi reported. Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on February...
The San Chay ethnic minority in northeastern Bac Giang Province have preserved their wedding customs with cultural characteristics that have survived the test of time. Bac Giang is home to eight ethnic groups, including the San Chay minority people...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister has just approved a project named “Vocational training improvement program using German’s ODA (official development assistance)". The project aims to improve vocational training program based on demand of the society and a...
