A wastewater treatment plant, the largest of its kind in the Mekong delta, has been put into operation in Vietnam’s southern city of Can Tho. With a daily capacity of 6,000 cubic meters for the first phase, the plant that is located in Tra Noc...
Authorities in the northern Ha Giang Province have just announced a plan to open a new nature reserve area in the province's Meo Vac District. Nguyen Duc Vinh, director of the province's agriculture and rural development department, said the 5,500ha...
A workshop was held on August 13 in central Quang Ngai province focusing on improving the performance of the provincial disaster response team (PDRT). During the event, co-organized by the Vietnam Red Cross and the provincial People’s Committee,...
The Vietnamese government’s rural occupational training for the 2010-2014 period under the 1956 project has not resulted in higher quality workforce for the country’s rural areas, failing to equip Vietnamese farmers and traditional low-skilled...
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs launched a project to clear landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) in Can Loc district of central Ha Tinh province on July 31. The project will clear 2,550 hectares of land contaminated with...
Two of the three French lawyers representing a French-Vietnamese woman in an Agent Orange lawsuit against 26 U.S. chemical companies arrived in HCM City to met other AO victims. The 73-year-old dioxin-affected Tran To Nga is suing the companies that...
The Association of Agent Orange/Dioxin (AO) Victims in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a meeting on August 4 to mark the day for AO victims (August 10). During the event, 83 scholarships worth 5VND00,000 ($23) each were gifted to children from...
A detoxification house in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has treated 33 Agent Orange/dioxin victims and members of the public after two months of operation. The first facility of its kind has two rooms that seat 24 clients and uses...
Over 800 social infrastructure projects covering rural roads, irrigation systems and fresh water facilities have become operational under the Northern Mountains Poverty Reduction Project, which aims to improve the livelihoods of mountainous...
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, where the Khmer ethnic minority accounts for over 30% of the population, is focusing on intensifying livestock raising, particularly dairy cows, to help locals, especially ethnic minorities, rise out of...
