Twenty-five ethnic minority students were given scholarships and certificates of merit yesterday by the HCM City Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs and the Vietnam News Agency. The students won scholarships worth a total of VND24.7 million ($1,190...
The 15th Summit of the International Organization of La Francophonie (IOF) or Francophone has highlighted the protection of women and children. Addressing the event held in Senegal on Nov 29, representatives from member countries discussed measures...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $230 loan to support Vietnam’s ongoing reforms to overhaul public finances, boost private investment and revive its economic competitiveness. Vietnam is falling behind neighbors in terms of...
The Prime Minister has adopted a US-financed project on enhancing the national capacity of preventing and minimizing the use of child labor. The project will be carried out over 60 months in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong delta An Giang province...
Authorities of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City have approved a VND4.5 trillion ($212.2 million) project to build a 1,000-bed pediatrics hospital in the outlying district of Binh Chanh, in a move to ease the current overload in inner hospitals. The new...
The European Union (EU) will fund EUR114 million for the second phase of EU Health Sector Policy Support Program (EU-HSPSP-2) in Vietnam, up from EUR39.15 million it pledged for the first phase. An agreement on the new funding was signed by Minister...
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has told northern Hoa Binh Province's People's Committee to inspect Doc Bung rubbish dump and submit a plan on overcoming the pollution it produces. Hai gave the People's Committee until December 30 to come up...
Typhoon Sinlaku hit Vietnam’s central provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen, destroying the localities and making some residential areas isolated and damage worth around VND60 billion ($2.85 million). Heavy rain soaked basic infrastructure system in...
Vietnamese scientists of the HCM City-based Southern Institute of Ecology have discovered four new camellia species in Viet Nam. They are Camellia bugiamapensis Orel, Curry, Luu & Q.D; Camellia duyana Orel, Curry & Luu, sp. Nov; Camellia...
A large number of people living in the Mekong Delta are relocating to new places as they cannot withstand the bad impacts of hydropower projects along the Mekong river, Vietnam’s experts said at a meeting on Dec 2. Over the past years, thousands of...
