The Vietnam Family Planning Association (VINAFPA) plans to expand its services over the next five years to poor and remote areas, especially those inhabited by ethnic minority communities. In a report released yesterday, the association said it has...
A seminar to connect separate partners in social welfare and poverty reduction efforts was held in Hanoi on November 26 by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). This...
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has targeted to cut the number of poor households by 1.5% to 2% per year while doubling annual per capita income of ethnic minority people to VND50 million between 2014 and 2019. The set targets were told at...
The 6th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the Khmer ethnic people in southern Vietnam is to honour, preserve and promote the unique culture of the Khmer people, contributing to strengthening the great national unity bloc. The three-day...
The Nordic Assistance to Vietnam (NAV)/Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) has continued supporting Vietnam for the past two decades to contribute to sustainable growth in the Southeast Asian country, a chief representative said. NAV/NCA has focused on...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide Vietnam an aid package of $22 million for poverty alleviation in the mountainous northern province of Ha Giang. Under the pact signed by IFAD’s President Kanayo F. Nwanze and...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has asked local authorities to take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of bubonic plague, also known as “Black Death” because of its effects on the body, into Vietnam. Vietnam is at high risk though no...
Cities and provinces in Vietnam have completed the first phase of the national measles-rubella vaccination campaign, with more than 9.5 million children receiving free shots, state media reported. The campaign, launched by the Ministry of Health...
Japan’s Grandsoul Nara group will transfer the new cellular immunotherapy technology for the Hanoi Medical University (HMU), bringing a hope for Vietnamese cancer patients. An agreement on the transfer was signed between the two sides in Osaka of...
Vietnam needs to devise a long-term strategy to tackle the aging problems, focusing on welfare policies, communication campaigns, investments in education, and medical services. Elderly people currently account for 10% of the country’s population...
