A team from the Ministry of National Defense has found a 120-kilogram bomb in the central province of Ha Tinh. The bomb, which was made in the U.S., contains 50 kilograms of explosive, said lieut-colonel Nguyen Han Thien. (Danviet.vn Dec 28)
Poverty figures for the nation could rise when the Government approves new measurement criteria by the third quarter of 2015, labor officials said yesterday. They said that the criteria, which will use a multi-dimensional approach, measure people's...
As many as 323,200 households in the Mekong Delta got rid of poverty in 2014, exceeding the set target by 3.4%, according to the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region (SCSR). As a result, the poverty percentage dropped to 5.7% by the end of...
The opening ceremony of the first Thai ethnic cultural festival was held in the northern province of Lai Chau on December 27, featuring the ethnic group’s traditional identities. It was attended by Le Hong Anh, a Politburo member and standing member...
About 1,900 low-income households of ethnic minority groups in the southern province of Dong Nai are expected to escape from poverty in 2015, said the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. The ethnic minority households,...
State-run Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No. 1 (Vabiotech) will export 10,000 doses of its made-in-Vietnam oral cholera vaccines to the Philippines, marking the company’s second overseas vaccine shipment to date. In Vietnam, about 200...
The Danang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital on Dec 25 welcomed the first child conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF), raising the hopes for thousands of infertile married couples in the central and Central Highlands regions of Vietnam. This...
Hanoi's health sector will carry out a campaign providing free medical checkups and treatment until the end of February. The campaign, which marks the 60th Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27), includes surgeries for elderly patients with cataracts...
Cancer patients will have to pay for many drugs previously covered by the State's health insurance fund when the new Law on Insurance goes into effect next year. These include Erlotinib and Gefitinib, used to treat lung cancer, and Trastuzumab, used...
A mangrove forest project in coastal areas in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has helped improve the environment and preserve biodiversity in the province. Implemented by the Soc Trang Red Cross society and the Vietnam Red Cross's southern...
