Not many people in Vietnam use e-learning programs despite helpful contents, hinting that traditional education methods are still popular among learners. Many e-learning websites, even free-of-charge platforms, saw a fall in the number of visitors...
A cellar containing 159 bombs and mortar shells has been discovered by sappers at the Vietnam-Laos international border gate of Lao Bao in the central province of Quang Tri. The cellar was detected on Sunday by sappers of the Corps No. 12 while they...
Since 2011, Vietnam has lowered the child poverty rate by two% annually, increased vaccination coverage in infants to 90% and continued to provide help to children in difficult circumstances. This was revealed at a consultation workshop on children'...
Vietnam cannot fulfill the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in ethnic minority communities unless joint efforts are undertaken by all relevant authorities, Vice Minister and Deputy Head of the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs Son Phuoc Hoan...
The World Bank has funded $55.6 million to improve the living standards of low-income earners in Vietnam in until 2018. The support will be made through soft loans in fields of oriental medicine, communications and telecommunications, agriculture...
As many as 32,500 old and retired people across the nation received free health check-ups, medicine and gifts thanks to a campaign calling for more efforts in caring the health of the elderly, which began on August 3. About 500 others got free eye...
The Vietnamese government has allowed the Ministry of Health to proactively use its standby fund worth VND7.34 billion ($345,000) tailored for countering epidemics in 2014 for preventive measures against Ebola epidemic though no infections have been...
Authorities in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City have approved a $524-million environmental sanitation project for the 2015-2020 period with financial support from the World Bank (WB). The money, which is within a WB-funded Ho Chi...
Vietnamese scientists of Xuan Lien Nature Reserve have discovered a new floral species with the scientific name of Aristolochia xuanlienensis in Thanh Hoa province. After making analysis and comparison, scientists said that the newly-found plant,...
The 2014 World Disasters Report will be announced in Hanoi on October 16 as chosen by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IRFC). The report studies the impacts of disasters on culture and vice verse and how...
