General News

  • Chief Representative of the UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam Youssouf Abdel Jelil visited the Center for the Support of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims and Disadvantaged Children in Danang city on Feb 23. At the working session, he...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) on February 25 launched a 55-day charitable texting program to support the sufferers. Under the program, which runs through April 19, an individual can donate VND 18,000 ($0.8) to...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • Over 1 million poor people across the country were provided with rice support during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, deputy head of the General Department of State Reserves Le Van Thoi reported. Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on February...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • The San Chay ethnic minority in northeastern Bac Giang Province have preserved their wedding customs with cultural characteristics that have survived the test of time. Bac Giang is home to eight ethnic groups, including the San Chay minority people...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • Vietnam’s Prime Minister has just approved a project named “Vocational training improvement program using German’s ODA (official development assistance)". The project aims to improve vocational training program based on demand of the society and a...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a decision which will deduct tax charged for foreign individuals who work for foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Vietnam. Beneficiaries would be those directly carrying out programs...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has authorized ministries, sectors, and localities to take measures to deal with possible cases of the Zika virus to Vietnam. The Deputy Prime Minister late last week asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • Vietnam’s Central Highlands region has recorded nearly 900 cases of dengue fever since the beginning of this year, up over 20% from the same period last year, state media reported Feb 22. The Central Highlands Institute of Epidemic Prevention showed...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City have taken blood samples from eight locations in the southern region to check for the Zika virus, an preemptive action deemed necessary after new infections were reported in China and Thailand. Local media...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016
  • Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Feb 23 said that the country will have additional 30,000 Pentaxim or five-in-one vaccine doses in March to meet the huge demand which was caused by shortage last year, local media reported. The Ministry said that in...
    Monday, 29th February, 2016