Vietnam will officially teach corruption prevention at high schools and educational institutions in the 2013-2014 academic year under a newly-issued directive by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The government chief made the decision following the...
An exhibition of 70 photos taken by 6 Hanoi journalists and photographers will take place in the Vietnam Women’s Museum from June 18th to 23rd to raise funds for poor patients under treatment in the Central Children’s Hospital. Proceeds from photo...
Vietnam is among 38 countries that have fulfilled the millennium development goals (MDG) for poverty reduction, chalking up success ahead of the 2015 deadline, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its report released on...
Experts have proposed step by step applying Mexico’s multidimensional poverty measurement as a feasible basis for relevant agencies to adjust or stipulate new policies on poverty reduction and social welfare from 2015 upwards. Mexico’s...
A documentary series depicting the lives of the 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups started airing on HTV7 last night. The first episode covers the Hoa Binh region in the North, a centre for the Muong people and one of the first places inhabited by ancient...
Central Highlands Dak Nong province needs to give due attention to developing healthcare, education and training to ensure its ethnic minorities will enjoy better spiritual and material lives. The request was made by a delegation from the Steering...
The Japan International Cooperation (JICA) will implement a project to better healthcare services for local people in Vietnam’s northwestern provinces from now to 2016. The project, with over $3.2 million funded by the Japanese government, will...
Hanoi hosted a seminar on June 13 to review the Vietnam Provincial Environmental Governance (VCEG) project - considered the highlight of Vietnam-Canada cooperative relations. Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the...
The Vietnamese government should set up an interagency council to manage medicine prices to curb rising prices, the Ministry of Health said in its amended draft law on pharmaceutical submitted to the National Assembly recently. The council involving...
The Health Department in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on June 12 started upgrading Thanh Nhan general hospital with a total investment of VND458 billion ($21.81 million), state media reported. Under the project scheduled for completion in 2015, a...
