Environmental pollution in Vietnam causes damage equal to 5% the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) annually, representatives of the World Bank said at a workshop in Hanoi on Sept 15. The Southeast Asian country needs to spend additional $780...
The Vietnamese government has approved the Distance training development plan in the 2015-2020 period with the aim of providing accredited certificates for all distance training programs by 2020. The plan proposes measures to verify all licensed...
Vietnam has more than 1.5 million illiterates between the ages of 15 and 60, though all provinces nationwide have reached the national standard for eliminating illiteracy in 2000 and implemented universal education program since then, an official...
Experts from the Republic of Korea have participated in a conference in Hanoi earlier this week to address measures to clean up soil contaminated with Agent Orange/dioxin left in the Vietnam War. The event is part of the cooperation mentioned in a...
China has approved a third demining mission along the country's border with Vietnam to remove landmines placed by it during the Sino-Vietnam war in 1979. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) began preparatory work in early August for the demining...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a document aimed at improving the life of ethnic minorities by raising investment in socio-economic development and intensifying care to residents in remote areas. First and foremost will be...
The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)’s Business Finance (DBF) program has launched a training course for staff of six wastewater treatment and clean water supply projects in Vietnam. Funded by DBF, the wastewater treatment projects...
The management board of a healthcare service support project funded by the World Bank on September 10-11 held a conference in Hanoi to discuss measures to improve management and service at hospitals in Vietnam’s northern region. The project, fully...
Doctors at Viet Duc Hospital in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have successfully carried out two transplant cases for two patients, including a liver transplant for a near 60 male patient and a heart transplant for a male patient aged over 40. The...
The U.S.’s Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking to support candidates who are able to compile innovation ideas for HIV prevention in Vietnam. The support package, which goes up to 80,000 each candidate/business, will be funded...
