Poverty relapse is high in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, with the rate as high as one third in particularly underprivileged communes, according to Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA)’s Ethnic Council Danh Ut. He pointed out the fact...
The Vietnamese health officials have called for urgent action to prevent concurrent outbreaks of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), dengue fever and measles across the country. Phan Trong Lan, director of the Pasteur Institute in HCM City, said HFMD’s...
The Ministry of Health has recommended preventive measures against the Middle East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that is spreading in many countries around the world. The ministry’s Preventive Medicine Centre advised people to minimize...
Around five million children aged between 6 and 36 months in Vietnam will receive free vitamin A pills on June 1-2, part of the government’s efforts to reduce the high rate of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in children in the country....
Vietnam ranks first in Asia and 5th worldwide for the abortion rate with an annual average of one million cases, the Ministry of Health said at a conference supported by France’s Doctors Without Borders in Hanoi. As many as 83 out of 1,000 women in...
A water protection corridor will be established around hydropower and irrigation water reservoirs, and artificial lakes in urban and residential areas to prevent illegal encroachment, noted a draft decree. The draft decree, which was chalked out by...
The Health Ministry has ordered the Department of Health Environment Management Agency to look into recent findings by VietnamPlus, an online newspaper of Vietnam News Agency, which alleged major hospitals were selling medical waste to villages...
Vietnamese students won two fourth awards at the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) held in the US from May 11-16, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. The award winners were Tran Thi Dieu Lien and...
Comprehensive investment into early childhood education across Vietnam will help the country narrow the development gap among regions, World Bank Country Director Victoria Kwakwa has said. She made the remark at a forum in Hanoi on May 20 which drew...
Vietnam ranks 4th out of five regional countries for English proficiency in a survey conducted by JobStreet.com in the Southeast Asia. In the JobStreet English Language Assessment (JELA) with the participation of 615,000 participants from five...
