Nearly eight tonnes of smuggled ivory, rhino horns and pangolin scales were discovered after a two-week investigation, deputy head of the central region's anti-smuggling team Pham Van Thien said August 27. He told Vietnam News the investigation was...
Heavy rains are forecast to occur in vast areas in the northern and central Vietnam from August 28 to September 3, said the Central Hydrometeorology Center on August 28. From August 28-30, the north will have medium and heavy rains, with the...
Vietnam has won the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon), a robotic contest among more than 20 countries of the Asia-Pacific, for the fifth time since 2002, after beating Hong Kong in the finale in Indonesia on Sunday [August 23]. The team...
Vietnamese lecturers should use more English in teaching the foreign language instead of using their mother tongue, said David Persey of National Geographic Learning, which is part of the U.S.-based Cengage Learning, a portfolio of quality materials...
When Vietnam moved economically from communism to capitalism in the 1980s, it enjoyed an agriculture boom that lifted millions from poverty. But today, new trade deals could threaten Vietnamese farmers, who are considering using genetically modified...
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius toured the central province of Quang Tri yesterday to take a look at bomb and mine clearance efforts. He visited the province's Database Unit (DBU), Legacy of War Co-ordination Centre (LWCC) and Mine Action...
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has okayed a master plan on supervising and disinfecting dioxin in two airports which were airbases of American troops in the Vietnam War. The Ministry of National Defense will work with other ministries...
The Vietnam Bombs and Mines Action Support Association (VBMASA) coordinated with the Quang Nam People’s Committee to organize a program on August 19 to assist victims of u nexploded ordnances ( UXOs ) in the province. The program assisted 20...
Speaking at a recent consultation workshop in Hanoi regarding Vietnam’s fifth and final 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Progress Report, Vice Minister Nguyen The Phuong of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) praised the nation’s...
A training course on life skills education for primary and secondary ethnic minority students opened in northern mountainous Lao Cai province on August 19. Course participants included 120 teachers from Lao Cai, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Nghe An and Kom...
