The Prime Minister has agreed to add 2,275 disadvantaged villages in 48 provinces and cities nationwide to the investment list for Program 135 in the 2016-2020 period. Of those, 2,240 will receive investment sourced from the State budget, while the...
The Project Management Unit 1 under the Ministry of Transport is seeking to borrow VND6.31 trillion ($280 million) from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Ninh Binh-Thanh Hoa Expressway. In mid-January, Prime Minister Nguyen...
The prime minister has approved a plan on using and managing official development assistance (ODA) and soft loans in the 2016-2020 period, prioritizing funding for infrastructure, human resource and climate change. The ODA is expected to help boost...
As many as 17,000 women received breast cancer examinations during the past three years in Vietnam, as a result of a breast cancer prevention and control project, the results of which were released at a conference on Friday. It was Vietnam's first-...
Since the MERS-CoV, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome caused by the Corona virus that has spread to over a dozen countries in the world and may penetrate into Vietnam, the Ministry of Health yesterday sent an urgent dispatch to Pasteur Institute...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health is coordinating closely with relevant sectors to keep tourists from Zika virus-affected countries under strict monitoring, aiming to prevent the virus from entering Vietnam, reported an online conference in Hanoi on...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an emergency rescue communication project, adding 112 as a nationwide crisis helpline number, state media reported. The new hotline number is expected to strengthen the effectiveness of rescue...
Vietnam runs a high risk of recording a case of Zika virus infection, said Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, minister of health during a recent inspection of virus prevention measures in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), state media reported. According to the minister,...
Poor families in the central province of Quang Nam have suffered from mass food poisoning after eating rice donated by a local charity group. Ho Van Chieng, chairman of Phuoc Tra Commune, said Hiep Duc District's Association for Victims of Agent...
Pollution caused by Vinh Tan Thermal Power Complex in southern Binh Thuan Province still persists despite local authorities' efforts to prevent cinders and ash from blowing into nearby residential areas. Vinh Tan Thermal Power Complex consists of...
