General News

  • Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute and France’s Sanofi Pasteur on Nov 3 announced the results of a dengue vaccination trial in five Asian countries, including Vietnam, with the efficacy reported in 56.5% of dengue-infected cases. The vaccination...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • The capital city of Hanoi is striving to better its policies on gender equality, and intensify inspections to stop gender selection in an effort to reduce the current high sex ratio at birth. According to the municipal Department of Population and...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • Hanoi People's Committee has urged authorities to increase supervision over the operation of private health clinics. Municipal health authorities recently closed down about 110 clinics after inspections revealed many medical violations. Many...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • The outcomes of an 8-year environmental sanitation program in coastal cities were reviewed during a conference held in Nha Trang City, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on November 7. The program, funded by the World Bank (WB) with a total...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • Vietnam has opened four semi-natural enclosures at a bear rescue sanctuary, providing a safer environment to this kind of animal amid illegal bile-farming industry. Costing VND18 billion ($857,142), the enclosures at the Vietnam Bear Rescue Center...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • Experts from Holland, Germany and Australia shared their countries’ expertise and experience on sustainable environment management in coastal areas with a view to applying for the Mekong Delta region at a dialogue held in Can Tho City on November 4...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • A meeting on the Post-2015 Support Program to Respond to Climate Change in Vietnam (SP-RCC), co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Tran Hong Ha and Deputy Resident Representative of the Japan International...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • Coral fossils dating back 300 million years ago were discovered in Son Doong Cave, in the central province of Quang Binh, scientists announced on November 6. Professor Ta Hoa Phuong from the Geology Faculty of the Hanoi University of Science...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • Vietnamese university lecturers will be awarded cash tens of times their base salary when they have articles published in prestigious foreign journals, starting next month, according to a decree recently promulgated by the government. Decree No. 99/...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014
  • The Vietnam International Education Development Department and Ireland’s University of Cork Christopher Brown have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on training cooperation. Under the MoU, the University of Cork will offer scholarships and...
    Monday, 10th November, 2014