General News

  • A texting campaign was launched in Hanoi on July 21 to raise funds in support of Vietnam’s Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims. The Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) and the National Humanitarian...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • Vietnam has mobilized more than VND1,700 trillion ($70.83 billion) for building new-style rural areas in the last three years, state media reported from a conference hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on July 17...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • Child marriage and consanguineous (blood-related) marriage have existed for a long time in ethnic groups in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Cao Bang. The problem leaves many serious consequences for their physical and mental development....
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • On July 20, Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) received equipment for and opened the Reference Testing and Agrifood Quality Consultancy (RETAQ) Center, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), state...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • Vietnamese Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan worked with Dr. Tran Thi Giang Huong, director of the Division of Programs for Disease Control at the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific, in Hanoi on July 17 to seek to enhance bilateral...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has expected the World Health Organization (WHO) to support Vietnam in responding to new health challenges, especially in improving local health capabilities, local media reported. The Vietnamese deputy prime...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Lao Cai’s administration has invested in building 1,101 concentrated rural water supply works and deployed policies to support local residents to build household-scale water supply works over the past years...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai is implementing a series of projects to combat coastal and river erosion, aiming to stabilize the livelihoods of local residents, as well as create transport corridors to drive socio-economic development in...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • Vietnam has begun a roadmap to manage and phase out Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) harmful to ozone layers from 2024, aiming for an 80% decrease in HFC consumption by 2045, said Mr. Tang The Cuong, director general of the Department of Climate Change...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023
  • A wildcat (Felis silvestris) and a crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) were released to nature at Bu Gia Map National Park in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc. They both belong to Group IIB of rare and endangered animals that need to...
    Monday, 24th July, 2023