The World Bank (WB) and the General Department of Vietnam Customs under the Finance Ministry signed a deal to support Vietnamese customs to implement the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Under the agreement, the WB will...
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) will continue expanding its relations with prestigious foreign individuals and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), its presidium members said on Jan 14. At the third meeting of the VUFO...
Vietnam’s Center for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals has recently started the second phase of a test of the locally made polio vaccine, or IPOVAC vaccine, on 240 children in 10 districts of northern province of Phu Tho. The...
Bach Mai Hospital, one of the biggest hospitals in Vietnam’s Hanoi capital city, has come up with fines and punishments for all personnel related to a recent medical waste scandal in which the waste was recycled instead of getting disposed. At a...
Up to 3,542 Vietnamese across the country have registered to donate their organs for the purpose of transplantation into another person as of December 31, 2015, of which male volunteers account for 57.9% and female 42.1%, local media reported citing...
Vietnam has discovered no case of Zika virus but the authorities still warn people travelling from Zika-virus-affected countries to be careful with their health conditions. The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is a rare tropical disease....
Vietnam reports 12,000-14,000 new HIV cases every year, putting the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in all cities and provinces nationwide at 254,000 to date, according to a recent conference held by Ministry of Health in Hanoi. For the past...
About VND10.4 billion ($464,000) will be invested in a Japan-funded project on capacity building and technology training to reduce clean water loss in Hanoi City from 2016-2018. The project, carried out by the Hanoi Water Ltd. Co., is intended to...
Basic knowledge of climate change, its impacts and measures to tackle and respond to the issue have been introduced to officials in the central province of Quang Ngai and the northern province of Lai Chau as part of a project supported by the United...
Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan has taken a series of drastic measures to cope with a prolonged drought. Vietnam to spend $12.7 million fixing drought effects this year Prolonged drought worsens in central region According to the provincial...
