Vietnam currently has more than 200,000 veterans exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin and infected with some diseases identified by the U.S. Medical Academy.The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs released the figure at a meeting in Hanoi on...
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang has asked relevant ministries to set up new centers devoted to research on Agent Orange and provision of care for dioxin patients. Quang made the comment at a conference on dioxin held...
A concert was held in Paris on November 22 to raise funds for Agent Orange/dioxin victims at Hanoi’s Van Canh Peace Village. The Divertimento orchestra treated the audience to classical music composed by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.Addressing the...
Ministry has recently deactivated a large rocket with a weight of one ton in Nghe An Province, said Captain Ho Van Minh, Head of the Team.Previously, the rocket, 2m in length and 0.8m in width, was unearthed on November 21st at a field in Phong Phu...
Taiwanese Buddhist charity organization Tzu Chi gave gifts of notebooks and others to 146 students from poor families in Ho Chi Minh City's Binh Tan and District 6 Sunday.Each child also received VND700,000 ($33.5) in cash, a pencil case, a pair of...
The People’s Committee in the highland province of Kon Tum held a meeting on November 21 to review five years of implementation of a credit study program for poor students.At the meeting it was reported that during the period 2007-2012, 6,783...
The 6th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the Khmer ethnic group in Kien Giang province will take place from November 27th to 29th in Go Quao district.The event, with the participation of 30 delegations from communes of Kien Giang, Hau Giang...
The Phu La ethnic minority, who live in the northern province of Lao Cai, still have unique wedding traditions.The villages of the Phu La are located in the high mountains of Nam Det Commune, in Bac Ha District.After a couple decides to marry, the...
A book of photographs documenting the lives and cultural activities of ethnic people was launched in Hanoi on Nov 23 by the Ethnic Working Group.The 143 photos were selected from 70,000 taken by members of the Mong, Dao, Thai, Muong, Khmer, Pa Ko...
The Australian non-governmental organization Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) will fund about VND8 billion ($381,000) for a comprehensive eye care project in Vietnam’s southern province of Vinh Long from 2013 to 2016. An agreement to this effect was...
