General News

  • During the 2014 action month for children, nearly 140,000 disadvantaged children in the northern province of Quang Ninh, were given presents and received regular assistance, while thousands of others were provided with legal knowledge and joined...
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • A delegation of the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) led by its chairman – Minister Giang Seo Phu – has visited South Africa from August 22-29 to share experience and strengthen cooperation in ethnic affairs. Receiving...
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • What is the role of Police in the anti-corruption efforts of the Government of Vietnam? What are the checks and balances that would keep Police forces accountable, efficient and professional to perform their important functions in enforcement of the...
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • Three Vietnamese infants have died after being anesthetized for free cleft lip and cleft palate surgery offered by the Center for Researching and Aiding Smile Operation (OSCA), an NGO registered with the Hanoi Department of Science and Technology....
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • State-run Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No. 1 (Vabiotech) is now capable of producing Japanese encephalitis (JE) B vaccine and plans to export the vaccine to India soon, marking the first made-in-Vietnam vaccine to be sold abroad....
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • Vietnam will change the method of placing orders on imported vaccines in order to ensure sufficient vaccine supply to meet the local immunization demand, said Nguyen Tran Hien, director of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. Local...
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • Localities throughout the country should reinforce controls and inspections of poultry raising sites to prevent an outbreak of the A/H5N6 influenza virus strain, while taking preventive measures, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and...
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • Renewable green energy will be created from organic waste discharged in industrial-agricultural activities in Mekong Delta region through a new project funded by the Japanese government. The project will be carried out by the Vietnam National...
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • The Quang Ninh provincial Department of Forest Management and Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) on August 25 organized a campaign to raise public awareness about the need to protect bears in Ha Long city. The campaign aims to disseminate to all those...
    Friday, 5th September, 2014
  • Orbis will fund $1 million to a project to reduce the rates of blindness and poor vision among children in the central region of Vietnam through enhancing access to eye care services at Hue Central Hospital and Hue Eye Hospital. A signing ceremony...
    Friday, 5th September, 2014