General News

  • A 3-km run for a green, clean and beautiful life around Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi attracted over 3,000 people on April 24. The run, organized by Amway’s Nutrilite brand and the Vietnam News Agency, was the third annual event to raise people’s awareness...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • The government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs and related agencies should pay attention to implementing relevant resolutions and directives of the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly and the Government on ethnic affairs, said President...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • Washington is ready to assist Hanoi in coping with drought and salinization as well as climate change, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Secretary Tom Vilsack told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Speaking at a reception in Hanoi on...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • Vietnam’s prime minister has approved a project to support green growth and climate change programs using loans from the World Bank. The project’s objective is to help build and implement policies and strategies, and improve institutions and...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • Around 1,200 Vietnamese women are detected to have ovarian cancer in late stage, according to a seminar held by the Vietnam’s Cancer Association and Tumor Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, state media reported. Fresh cases of ovarian and cervical...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • Vietnam’s health sector aims to keep the rate of people with malaria below 0.15 per thousand and the rate of mortality related to the disease below 0.02 per thousand in the 2016-2020 period, according to the Department of Preventive Medicine. The...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has announced that the Zika virus outbreak is over in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Khanh Hoa province, according to the General Department of Preventive Medicine on April 25. No new cases have been found in HCMC and Khanh...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underlined the need to identify the responsibilities of agencies concerned with food safety management, especially the role played by their chiefs. PM Phuc made the request at a teleconference on Apr 27...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • Ensuring water for people’s daily lives should be the top priority in the face of the severe ongoing drought, said Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at a conference in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on Apr 28. The event, held...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016
  • Vietnam has signed The Paris Agreement which marks the participation of 175 countries, including 34 nations representing 49% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha attended the...
    Wednesday, 4th May, 2016