General News

  • 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....
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • 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...
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • 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...
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • 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...
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • 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...
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • Vietnam built an “Intended Nationally Determined Contributions" (INDC) report on climate change and is implementing the report in an effort to respond to climate change, said Nguyen Khac Hieu, Deputy Head of the Department of Hydrometeorology and...
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • Measures for adapting to climate change and mitigating the weather's impacts in northern Hung Yen Province were discussed at a workshop in the province last week. The workshop also spread information on climate change and its impact on various...
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • Students from low-income families studying in universities, colleges and vocational schools will have fees waived and get other financial assistance under a recent decision approved by the Prime Minister. The decision will take effect in the new...
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • In the framework of a seminar to develop reading culture in school and community in the northern province of Bac Giang, the Ministry of Education and Training yesterday launched science research clubs in high schools across the country. Deputy...
    Monday, 14th December, 2015
  • A Singaporean entrepreneur has donated a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to the Danang Hospital in central Danang city to assist with the examination and treatment of local Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims. Harold Chan Soo York presented...
    Monday, 7th December, 2015