The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the UN will support Vietnam's sustainable development while meeting with Chairman of Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on. Ban affirmed the UN's...
The World Bank (WB) will provide assistance to the first phase of a project to devise a draft law on ethnic minority affairs. A cooperation agreement to this effect was signed by Minister- Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs...
Orbis, a leading global non-governmental organization (NGO) that works to eliminate avoidable blindness, is working with Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) to hold a two-week national ophthalmic training program known as “Hanoi...
The fees for medical services, including diagnosis and treatment, in Vietnam will be adjusted to cover the fluctuations in prices of electricity, other goods and services, according to a scheme proposed by Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung in a...
Vietnam’s General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health has warned that the number of dengue fever cases has been rising, and that the mosquito-borne tropical disease could be hard to contained in southern Vietnam in this...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned of the encephalitis outbreak in children during the hot weather, the An Ninh Thu Do newspaper reported on May 28. Bach Mai Hospital is taking care of over ten patients with encephalitis while...
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have voiced concerns that the controversial project to build a residential area and improve landscapes by encroaching on the Dong Nai River will affect the city’s water supply. City authorities have requested that the...
The water volume per capita in Vietnam decreased rapidly from 12,800 cubic meters in 1990 to 9,700 in 2010, and is forecast to drop to 8,300 cubic meters by 2025, when Vietnam’s population reaches 100 million. Pham Hong Giang, doctor of science, and...
A conference to promote the role of Vietnamese religions in coping with climate change was held in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on May 25. The event was jointly organized by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFF) and the...
Waste and dumped electronics products in Vietnam will be required to be reclaimed for treatment under a new regulation slated to take effect on July 1, 2016. The products include compact fluorescent lamps, personal computers, laptops, cameras, video...
