Vocational education and training is a key area of cooperation between Vietnam and Australia and a primary lever for reducing poverty in the country, said Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman. Vietnamese school provides free int’l...
A 45-year-old farmer living in central province of Quang Nam's Tam Xuan Commune was killed over the weekend by an exploding fragmentation bomb. While returning home from work, the man reportedly found the bomb at the construction site of the Danang...
The U.S. State Department will provide $10 million in aid to help Vietnam disarm unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the Vietnam War in the central province of Quang Tri, Vietnamese media reported. The UK-based Mine Advisory Group (MAG) would...
Representatives of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) from the UK agreed on May 18 to continue their mine and bomb clearance program in central Quang Tri Province. Their work will continue under a new memorandum signed by provincial authorities on May 18....
The north central region targets covering at least 95% of near-poor local citizens with health insurance by the end of 2015, with 98% protected the following year. A function, held in central Thua Thien-Hue province on May 22nd, reviewed the...
Socio-economic development of ethnic minority communities in the context of ASEAN integration was the focus of a workshop co-organized by Thai Nguyen University and the Philippines’ Kalinga-Apayao University in northern Thai Nguyen province on May...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Peace Winds America have launched the Sister Cities Disaster Preparedness Program in Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong. The three-year initiative will encourage small and medium-...
Japan will continue its assistance for Vietnam to help the Southeast Asian nation implement its socio-economic development, said Shinzo Abe, who is recently re-elected as the Japanese prime minister. PM Abe made this affirmation at a reception in...
The Hanoi Department of Planning and Architecture has publicized a plan to build Pediatrics Hospital and Kidney Hospital in Ha Dong District, the Thoi Bao Kinh Doanh newspaper reported on May 15. The two hospitals will be built on a total area of 71...
Since the beginning of this year, the capital city of Hanoi has recorded 24 measles cases, down 99% from the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Health. In addition to a sharp decrease in measles, other diseases were also...
