Vietnam, along with other eight countries worldwide, has won the award for outstanding progress in fighting hunger and undernourishment presented by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Other eight winners are Brazil, Chile,...
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences in collaboration with the French Institute of Research for Development and the European Union (EU) held a conference on May 24 to initiate a project on improving understanding of new anti-poverty policies in...
Educational managers, specialists and other stakeholders gathered today at a workshop in Hanoi to discuss the best ways to improve education for ethnic minority children from mountainous regions in Vietnam. The workshop organized by Save the...
The World Bank has funded $75 million to help Vietnam improve its capacity for managing social welfare in the 2013-2015 period, state media reported. The information was released at a conference held by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social...
The malnutrition rate among Vietnamese children aged below five has been reduced to 26.7% at present from 33% at end-2012, said Head of the National Institute of Nutrition, Prof. Le Thi Hop. Ms. Hop released the figure at a press briefing in Hanoi...
As many as 13,900 Vietnamese people have fallen ill with dengue fever in the first five months of this year, up 5.3% over the same period last year, according to the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). During the period, there were ten...
Hanoi has long-term plans to increase water supply by 20,000cu.m a day for the inner city to meet demand during hot summer spells. Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao asked water companies to supply more water for thirsty...
Vietnam has lost about VND254 billion ($12.09 million) from natural disasters in May, versus nearly VND169 billion in the same period last year, said the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). Natural disasters also left 16 people dead and...
Vietnam has found 497 cases violating the regulations on environmental protection nationwide in May, compared to 259 cases in May 2012, said the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). During the month, environmental protection agencies...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has held a conference to review a Japan-funded project on enhancing human resource capacity for the water sector in central Vietnam. Kick-started in Aug 2010, the three-year project targeted to help...
