As the flow of the Red River changed due to the impacts of climate change and socio-economic development, the Red River Delta region would face problems, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang warned at a workshop....
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen disaster response management for the Southeast Asian country. The...
From improving institutions to devising detailed plans for each sector, Vietnam is making every effort in order to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions by 2030. Vietnam is predicted to pump 466 million tonnes of CO2 into the air by 2020 and 760.5...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has requested local authorities in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) and the south-eastern regions to enhance measures to prevent forest fires. In an official document sent to several provinces,...
The 2015 Earth Hour response program, which calls upon people to save energy to cope with climate change, was launched in Hanoi on February 7th. A switch-off ceremony will be televised live from August Square between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on March 28th...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has targeted to increase the proportion of schools meeting national standards to 50%-55% by the end of this year from 41.2% in 2014, said Pham Thi Hong Nga, deputy director of the municipal Department of Education and...
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) has recently received 3,500 presents from the Decathlon Vietnam Co. Ltd., for the victims of Agent Orange. The giving started a program to give presents to AO victims during the lunar New...
The People's Committee of the north-central province of Quang Binh has approved a preferential policy on providing land and water for 21,776 poor people including ethnic minorities in 44 disadvantaged communes and 27 disadvantaged villages. Total...
State officials on January 30 presented gifts to the poor in the Mekong Delta provinces of Ben Tre and Hau Giang as the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) is just less than one month away. National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Ben Tre...
As many as 56% of poor households in Vietnam are ethnic minorities, the UN Development Program (UNDP) said at a meeting in Hanoi on Jan 29. Ethic people are facing difficulties in accessing fundamental services, including healthcare, safe water and...
