Nearly 500 athletes from 21 ethnic minority groups are competing at a national sports festival, which opened in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on November 10. The biannual event – the 8th of its kind so far - was held for ethnic...
A national action month for HIV/AIDS prevention was started on November 10 to increase government involvement in preventing new incidences of HIV/AIDS. The event also aims to implement the National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s southern metropolis, is expected to get more financial supports from Flanders of Belgium for its development and management of seaport amid rising sea level, Chairman Le Hoang Quan said. Mr. Quan made the statement at a...
Japan will provide Vietnam with high-quality human resources training, with a focus on the establishment of the Japan–Vietnam University, said Special Advisor to the Japan–Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Takebe Tsutomu. At the meeting with...
About 250 delegates from international organizations are participating in the 45th conference of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene in Hanoi, the first of its kind held in Vietnam. The event, co-chaired by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund a total of $165.8 million to improve urban environment, climate resilient infrastructure and healthcare services in Vietnam under agreements signed in Hanoi on Nov 8. Three agreements to the effect were...
The Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and the Environment has decided to rescue the lakes in the inner city with the exercise machines which can clean lake water. The Thanh Nhan Lake is situated in the Tuoi Tre (the Youth) Park. However, a lot...
Haiyan, the 14th tropical storm hitting Vietnam this year, has caused at least 13 deaths and 81 injuries after making landfall in Haiphong City and Quang Ninh province late Nov 10, according to the National Committee for Search and Rescue. The...
Vietnam and Russia signed a number of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on healthcare and environment cooperation during the visit of President Vladimir Putin to Hanoi on Nov 12, state media reported. Cooperation program on health protection and...
Laos is pushing ahead with the construction of a second dam on the Mekong River after the first controversial Xayaburi dam, which will severely threaten the livelihoods of Vietnamese farmers. After months of preliminary construction at the dam site...
