Vietnam needs an estimated more than $120 million for preventive activities of a new strain of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in both humans and poultry, according to the Ministries of Agriculture and Health. The figure was released at a conference...
The Ministry of Health is calling for investments in building small hospitals across Vietnam by 2020 to ease the severe hospital overload and to better medical cares for local residents. The capital is expected to come from the state budget,...
Vietnam is one of the 10 countries worldwide that have made the greatest strides in saving lives of newborn babies over the past two decades, said the global charity organization Save the Children. The country brought down the newborn mortality rate...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent experts to Vietnam to investigate the alleged serious side-effects of Quinvaxem, a combined vaccine for children, after suspected deaths in recent months. In an urgent dispatch dated May 4, the Health...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed the government to spend an additional VND364 billion ($17.33 million) on the National Target Program for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation by 2016. Earlier in Feb, the State Bank of...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) May 3 held a meeting in Hanoi to discuss the “Wildlife Consumption in Vietnam” (WLC) project to call for more efforts in boosting biodiversity conservation in the country. The WLC...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has approved a loan worth around $30 million for Vietnam to reduce carbon emissions and deal with huge negative impacts of climate change in the next five years. The project, to be carried out by...
Vietnam is estimated to need VND108 trillion ($5.14 billion) for a planning on water drainage and wastewater treatment in the basins of Nhue and Day rivers from now until 2030. Of the sum, VND90.42 trillion will be spent on the work in the 2013-2020...
Experts from Vietnam and other Asian nations took part in an international seminar in the central province of Binh Dinh on May 9 to discuss ways to cope with natural disasters amid climate change impacts in Asian cities. The event was co-held by...
Vietnam should grant autonomy to higher education institutions if it wants to have world-class universities, two experts suggested in an online publication. It should ensure independence for tertiary schools in addition to setting up centers of...
