Vietnam will get the biggest-ever loan from the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF), set up by ASEAN nations and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), to boost infrastructure development, AIF Board Members said. The AIF approved a pipeline of projects to be...
The World Bank (WB) has pledged to help Vietnam improve the country’s investment environment and support firms damaged by recent riots, said Victoria Kwakwa, country director for the WB in Vietnam. Ms. Kwakwa made the pledge at a meeting with...
As few as 37% of around five million diabetes patients in Vietnam was diagnosed with the disease, said Nguyen Thi Xuyen, vice minister of Health at a workshop in Hanoi on May 29. The number of the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes has...
The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) has launched its new global research strategy for the 2014-20 period in Hanoi. The strategy aims to strengthen food security and bio-efficiency in tropical countries, including Vietnam. It...
The annual water shortage has affected thousands of residents in the southern province of Kien Giang’s Kien Hai island district, but local authorities have no solution for the repeated situation. Luong Quoc Binh, chairman of the district's People's...
Participants at an international seminar have stressed the need to protect the ecological environment for sustainable economic growth. The seminar was held in the southern city of Can Tho on May 27 by the south-western region’s steering board and...
Socio-political organizations have been called on to take greater part in raising public awareness of climate change and rising sea levels. These are posing a visible threat to Vietnam’s efforts to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development...
Up to 25%-30% of students in Vietnam suffer from refraction errors, the Vietnam News Agency said on May 26, citing a survey by ophthalmologists. The ratio is higher at 30%-60% in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Ophthalmologists said that almost all...
Two children from Phuc Trach Commune in the central province of Quang Binh were killed yesterday by two grenades left over from the American War, the communal Party secretary Nguyen Van Hien told Vietnam News in a phone interview. Hien said the nine...
The central province of Quang Tri has asked the government to support VND27 billion ($1.28 million) to help it remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Ho Xa industrial park in Vinh Linh district. (Thanh Nien – Young People May 23 p2)
