More than 7,000 young ethnic minority people have been provided with vocational training at the Dak Nong Vocational School since 2004. Rector of the School Nguyen Khai said the students registered to learn professions such as brocade weaving, animal...
Authorities in Ha Tinh Province have agreed to submit a project plan to the government to build a road that would link the Chu ethnic minority group to the rest of the world. The proposal was made by Tu Van Dien, Chairman of the local Fatherland...
Japan’s Fujitsu-JAIMS Foundation and Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) are offering scholarships to Vietnamese students in a bid to conduct corporate social responsibility (CSR). The Japanese foundation will provide scholarships which will cover...
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) have signed deals to lend a combined $338.2 million to Vietnam’s thermal power project. Of the total, JBIC will finance $202.9 million with annual interest rate...
Hundreds of doctors attended a training program in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, especially for women who are HER2-Positive, in Hanoi today on July 17. The participating doctors came from different hospitals, including the Hanoi-based K...
The Ministry of Health has announced that none of the six samples of fried potatoes and snacks, randomly selected for testing, contained acrylamide and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The above-mentioned hazardous substances reportedly can cause...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health will start piloting the model of family clinics in eight cities and provinces across the country from July 15, as part of efforts to ease the overloading at public hospitals and enable local people to have an easier...
A campaign to vaccinate 23 million children aged 1 to 14 against measles and rubella will kick off in September at a cost of over $36 million, the largest ever of its kind in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health has said. The information was released by...
Vinaconex (VCG) offers to build a second fresh water supply pipeline connecting from Da River to ensure sufficient water dwellers in capital Hanoi after its first pipeline broke for the ninth time on July 12, but municipal authorities have refused....
A demand to improve management of natural resources to stop its depletion and degradation was made at a seminar on boosting transparency in natural resources management, in Hanoi yesterday. Dr Tran Dinh Thien, Director of the Vietnam Institute of...
