The United Nations Children’s Fund in Vietnam (UNICEF) and the Johnson & Johnson Company signed an agreement on improving health for disadvantaged ethnic minority women and children in Hanoi on December 9. The targeted localities are Dien Bien,...
Ethnic minority development targets must be included in the 2016-2020 Socio-economic Development Plan, said participants at a forum in Hanoi on December 9 co hosted by the National Assembly's Council for Ethnic Affairs, the Government's Committee...
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on December 5 signed an agreement on loans worth $29 million with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) for three projects in Vietnam’s northern provinces of Lang Son, Hoa Binh and Ha Nam, state media reported. The...
The World Bank (WB), the biggest multilateral donor of Vietnam, has pledged $20.1 billion in soft loans and grants in the 1993-2015 period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Of the sum, $17.32 billion came from the International...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided Vietnam with $104 million to finance the construction of ten hospitals spread out across the country, according to information released by the Ministry of Health at its yearly review...
Austrian healthcare technology provider AME International GmbH on Dec 9 handed over medical equipment to Vietnam’s northern province of Quang Ninh under the “Modernization and Upgrading of Provincial General Hospital” project, state media reported....
The implementation of the second phase of a regional and provincial hospital development project must be accelerated in 2016 to improve residents' health and reduce overload at central hospitals. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen told...
Many residents in HCMC have expressed concern over poor food hygiene and safety, saying the city government should take bold measures to put the situation under control. The issue is one of the highlights in a report on voters’ comments gathered as...
Formulating a specific law to control water pollution in the country's legislative work programmed is a necessary task of State agencies and scientists to ensure national sustainable development. A consensus on this was reached by participants at a...
The Vietnamese government has recently approved a decision to add 15 addictive substances into List II of “addictive drugs that should be in restricted use for analysis, research, and criminal investigation by competent agencies.” The substances are...
