The Swiss government will assist Vietnam in removing post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the years to come, according to Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, deputy defense minister of Vietnam. Mr. Vinh released the...
The U.K. government will continue to support Vietnam in dealing with the consequences of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war in the years to come, affirmed UK Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan. Minister Duncan...
Under a new decision of the Government, poor and near-poor children, and children living at social sponsor centers across the country that have innate heart diseases will be given free-of-charge heart surgeries if they need one. Also according to...
The Vietnamese government targets to cut the poverty rate by 1.7%-2% by end-2014 from the estimated 7.8% for 2013, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in a report at the opening session of the National Assembly on Oct 21. Earlier in an interview,...
Hanoi’s Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups is scheduled to host the “National Great Solidarity: Vietnam Cultural Heritage” Week from November 18 to 24. The celebration is part of activities marking the 83rd anniversary of the...
The Committee for Ethnic Minorities (CEM) and the EU Delegation in Vietnam has kicked off a workshop on international human rights standards focusing on ethnic minorities. The three-day event, being held in central Khanh Hoa Province under the...
Vietnam’s agricultural sector received $8.85 billion of official development assistance (ODA) during the past 20 years, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Of the amount, 45% went to irrigation upgrade, 21% to crop and animal...
Health experts have raised warning on the rising number of Vietnamese children with serious lead poisoning, especially those using low-quality traditional medicines. Nearly 3,000 children, mostly aged two months to three years old, from 24 provinces...
Vietnam is estimated to suffer a loss of nearly VND2 trillion ($94.4 million) from clean water leakage per year, Nguyen Hong Tien from the Ministry of Construction said at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City. At a meeting on finding ways to prevent water...
Nari, the eleventh tropical storm hitting Vietnam this year, has caused a total loss of VND3 trillion ($141.5 million) for the central coastal region as of Oct 20, according to the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control. The storm left 22...
