Vietnam ranks 12 over 22 countries which have the high rate of tuberculosis patients in the world and 14 over 27 nations which has the burden of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, said Vietnamese Ministry of Health on the occasion of ...
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Global Fund to continue assisting Vietnam in researching methadone detoxification methods as well as dealing with difficulties in rehabilitation and preventing the spread of HIV. Meeting the Head of the...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health gave 19.4 million children across the country a combined measles and rubella vaccine in a campaign launched in September. The six-month campaign provided the combined vaccine free of charge to children between 9 months...
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on Mar 20 called for greater public awareness of the need for efficient water use, saying it was crucial for sustainable development. Many areas in the country were suffering water shortages, affecting...
About 10 storms and tropical depressions may hit Vietnam this year, causing damage to the country’s coastal parts and leaving millions of people in misery, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The number is less...
Chairman Nguyen The Thao of Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to set up a inter-sector team to inspect a project which aims to massively cut down thousands of aged trees in city’s streets, Vietnam’s state-run media reported. Along investigating...
Environmental protection fees paid to the Government by miners is supposed to be used by local authorities to offset environmental damage through revegetation and landscaping. However, the fees have often been used incorrectly, former vice chairman...
Vietnam’s central region and Central Highlands will continue to face severe droughts for many months, said the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said. Due to El Nino and La Nina, rainfall in Vietnam’s central coastal provinces...
The Ministry of Transport has asked the Government to further extend the deadline for cutting exhaust fumes of motorbikes to the beginning of 2017. The plan envisaged having at least 20% of bikes in the country cut their exhaust fumes in the 2010-...
More than 50% of students in both cities and rural areas are involved in school violence, according to a study released this week. The research was done by Dr. Pham Minh Muc, from a research center under the Vietnam Institute of Education Sciences,...
