Over 300 disadvantaged children from 1-16 years old across the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have received free screening check-up to detect congenital heart diseases under a program conducted at the provincial General Hospital in late April...
A number of households of the Mong ethnic group in disadvantaged Ta Leng commune, Tam Duong district in the mountainous province of Lai Chau have been able to escape poverty thanks to preferential loans. Giang A Sinh’s family, a Mong household in...
In response to the opinion piece Does Vietnam really need or even want ODA? published on April 16, 2015 in the Vietnam News which may cause misunderstanding about Japan's Official Development Assistance, we would like to present some basic facts on...
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on April 24 requested the country’s health sector to maintain high immunization rates at a meeting held in order to respond to the Immunization Week 2015 in the northern province of Bac Giang. Praising the...
The 250-bed Cho Ray Oncology Center, equipped with advanced medical equipment, was inaugurated at the Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on April 30, offering more treatment opportunities for tumor patients. The center has 12 above-ground floors,...
Severe, frequent droughts are seriously threatening water security, Truong Dinh Du, formerly with the Vietnam Institute for Water Resources Development, tells Nong Thon Ngay Nay. Droughts and saline intrusion have become more and more serious and...
The Pu Mat National Park in the central province of Nghe An has released a number of wild animals back into their natural surroundings, a forest management official said. Luu Trung Kien, from the Wild Animal Rescue Centre of the national park, said...
As the monsoon season approaches, Hanoi authorities have developed several scenarios to cope with flooding to protect people and their produce. Hoang Nam Son, deputy director of Hanoi Department of Construction, said his department had come up with...
Under current laws, female workers can enjoy six-month maternity leave, but state-owned nursery schools only accept children older than 12 months. Hong Duyen, a mother of an 8-month old baby in District 7 in HCM City, complained that she cannot send...
The Association of People Loving Vietnam in the Republic of Korea (VESAMO) presented 30,000 USD to Agent Orange/Dioxin victims in the northern localities of Thai Binh, Nam Dinh and Hanoi at a Vietnam-Republic of Korea charity event on April 22. The...
