Vietnam is estimated to have recorded an economic loss of nearly VND881.1 billion ($36.7 million) due to natural disasters in the first seven months of this year, down 84.3% y/y, according to the latest data from the General Statistics Office (GSO...
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is striving to hand over 1,159 climate-resistant ponds to Vietnam by 2026, local media reported.
The pond construction is a part of the project “Strengthening the resilience of small-scale agricultural production to...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a dispatch to the National Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, relevant agencies, ministries and five Central Highlands localities, asking for efforts to respond to floods...
Eight Vietnamese students from Giang Vo Secondary School in Hanoi City have won gold medal at the 2023 World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO), state media reported.
Especially they won the Grand Prix Award, the highest prize in the competition,...
More than 30% of 951,900 Vietnamese high school graduates in 2023, equivalent to nearly 300,000 students, gave up the chance to apply for universities, down 4% y/y, data from the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) as of July 30 showed....
Vietnam lacked more than 118,200 teachers at public educational institutions in the 2022-2023 academic year, up 10.6% y/y, data from the Department of Teachers and Education Administrators, under the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), showed...
The United States Mission to Vietnam, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a $32 million contract to the U.S. firm Tetra Tech to carry on the cleanup of dioxin-contaminated soil in and around the Bien Hoa air base...
Hundreds of officers and soldiers in northern Ha Giang Province battle severe weather and mountainous terrain to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) and search for the remains of martyrs.
According to the provincial Department of Labor, Invalids and...
A ceremony took place in Danang on July 28 morning to celebrate 62 years of the Agent Orange (AO) disaster in Vietnam (August 10, 1961 - August 10, 2023) and launch the Action Month for AO Victims in 2023.
The event was co-hosted by the municipal...
The Females from Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas (FEMMA) - Thai Nguyen University has organized a training program to promote leadership skills and gender mainstreaming in Vietnam’s mountainous province of Yen Bai.
The event was co-staged by...
