General News

  • The public-private partnership (PPP) model in provincial-level hospital management is the most effective in examining and treating patients among other types of investment, participants said at a conference held today in Vietnam’s southern Dong Nai...
    Monday, 26th October, 2015
  • The number of children who have died from hand-foot-mouth disease has reduced, but the risk of outbreak remains in— this season, according to the Ministry of Health's Preventive Health Department. The country has recorded more than 34,300 cases of...
    Monday, 26th October, 2015
  • The freshwater shortage in the Mekong Delta was the main topic on the agenda at a conference on combating drought held in Ben Tre. Dang Van Dung, deputy director of the Southern Hydro-meteorology Station, said the weather patterns around the country...
    Monday, 26th October, 2015
  • Up to 63% of Vietnam’s water reserves are sourced outside the territory, state media reported, citing the Vietnam Water Cooperation Initiative 2015 (VACI 2015). Water security, therefore, depends mainly on the developments of foreign countries on...
    Monday, 26th October, 2015
  • The Mekong Delta, the biggest granary in Vietnam, is facing serious droughts and sea water intrusions which have severely affected the local crop cultivation, the Nong Nghiep Vietnam newspaper reported. According to the Southern Center for Hydro-...
    Monday, 26th October, 2015
  • Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have planned to build a waste treatment plant costing VND7.9 trillion ($370 million) to be built under the public-private partnership (PPP) model to ease environmental pollution. With capacity of 4,000...
    Monday, 26th October, 2015
  • Authorities in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City have proposed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approve a credit package worth VND9.65 trillion ($433 million) to help it cope with flooding which becomes worse recently. The money is...
    Monday, 26th October, 2015
  • A Vietnamese delegation led by Le Linh Lan, Ambassador to Mexico, attended an international conference on early childhood education held in Monterrey, Mexico, on October 15-18. The conference, themed “the development of young children, and...
    Monday, 26th October, 2015
  • South Korea wants to boost bilateral military cooperation with Vietnam, willing to assist Vietnam in clearing land mines left from wars, affirmed Ambassador Jun Dae Joo to the communist nation. Ambassador Jun made this statement at the reception in...
    Monday, 19th October, 2015
  • A working team led by Michael Rothstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plans, Programs, and Operations in the US Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, visited the central province of Quang Tri from October 10-13. The visit was...
    Monday, 19th October, 2015