Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has 78 education socialization projects with total investment over VND5.6 trillion ($256 million) using combined areas of 1 million square meters to date, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported on August 5. Of the figure,...
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked between t he University of Economics and Business under the Vietnam National University-Hanoi (VNU) and Germany’s Applied Language Institute at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 5. Under the MoU, the two...
The Ministry of Education and Training on August 5 released a draft training program for school students with several major changes. The draft program, which was created by many experienced educationalists and scientists, is aimed at improving the...
The Vietnam Red Cross Society chapter in the southern province of Dong Thap has mobilized VND62.5 billion ($2.9 million) since the outset of this year to help the impoverished, the disabled and Agent Orange/dioxin victims in the locality. Nearly 46,...
Nearly 8,000 people participated in a walk for Agent Orange (AO) victims at the Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 as the designated date for supporting sufferers (August 10) approaches. President Nguyen Van Rinh of the Vietnam Association...
A group of American volunteer doctors carried out medical examinations on 3,500 poor people during their 11-day stay in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang. The doctors, who come from the Good Samaritan Medical organization, also helped...
A recent diphtheria outbreak in Central Quang Nam province has been successfully contained with no new cases reported and those who had suffered from the disease recovered. According to the Department of Preventative Health under the Ministry of...
The northern mountainous province of Son La disbursed nearly VND90 billion ($4.12 million) in the first six months to invest in projects assisting ethnic minorities. In 2015, Son La received VND50 billion ($2.29 million) from the State budget to...
The northern mountainous province of Bac Kan has disbursed $4.9 million of the $5.7 million in assistance from non-governmental organisations (NGO) in the past five years, noted a provincial leader at a recent meeting with a working group from the...
The Vietnamese government has approved the sub-programs in the “Risk Mitigation and Management of Human Health Threats along Animal Value Chains” projects which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the...
