The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has helped the central city of Hue implement a project to improve its water environment since 2008. At his August 14 working session with JICA Chief Representative in Vietnam Mori Mutsuya to review...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said that it would continue providing official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam for cultural preservation and hygiene projects in one of the world’s heritage sites. Mori Mutsuya, chief...
The Department of Preventive under the Ministry of Health yesterday said that the dengue fever was reaching its peak season with more infection cases. By statistics, since the beginning of 2015, the country has over 20,000 dengue fever cases...
Meals of Vietnamese people have been degraded by an imbalance in nutrition and chemicals used in production and processing. Thus, it has created hazards for their health, such as food poisoning, functional disorder and diseases. According to the...
The growing abuse of antibiotics is causing a resistance to the drug, the Ministry of Health has warned. The ministry established last week a special unit to study the problem and would soon propose solutions, said Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the...
Comprehensive and effective solutions to reduce water shortages during sustainable development have become a pressing need in many countries in the world, including developing ones like Vietnam. According to researchers, domestic water capacity...
A shortage of clean water has affected residents, restaurants, offices and businesses in several parts of Hanoidue to a broken pipeline from the Da River Water Supply Plant. And it is likely that the situation will not be completely rectified until...
Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW) and Cuc Phuong National Park has rescued 56 Java Pangolins in Thanh Hoa Province. The animals were rescued by authorities in Nga Son district, 30km north of Thanh Hoa City. Officials said the total weight of the...
Police in the central province of Quang Binh on August 19 stopped a van and discovered wild animals on board, including small Indian civets (Viverricula indica) and soft shell turtles, all being transported illegally. Traffic police ordered the stop...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the HCM City administration to step up efforts to prevent the flooding that plagues several inner districts. The city also needed to keep a close eye on zoning plans for reservoirs and speed up...
