General News

  • The Ministry of Education and Training on August 5 released a draft training program for school students with several major changes. The draft program, which was created by many experienced educationalists and scientists, is aimed at improving the...
    Monday, 10th August, 2015
  • The Vietnam Red Cross Society chapter in the southern province of Dong Thap has mobilized VND62.5 billion ($2.9 million) since the outset of this year to help the impoverished, the disabled and Agent Orange/dioxin victims in the locality. Nearly 46,...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015
  • Nearly 8,000 people participated in a walk for Agent Orange (AO) victims at the Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 as the designated date for supporting sufferers (August 10) approaches. President Nguyen Van Rinh of the Vietnam Association...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015
  • A group of American volunteer doctors carried out medical examinations on 3,500 poor people during their 11-day stay in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang. The doctors, who come from the Good Samaritan Medical organization, also helped...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015
  • A recent diphtheria outbreak in Central Quang Nam province has been successfully contained with no new cases reported and those who had suffered from the disease recovered. According to the Department of Preventative Health under the Ministry of...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015
  • The northern mountainous province of Son La disbursed nearly VND90 billion ($4.12 million) in the first six months to invest in projects assisting ethnic minorities. In 2015, Son La received VND50 billion ($2.29 million) from the State budget to...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015
  • The northern mountainous province of Bac Kan has disbursed $4.9 million of the $5.7 million in assistance from non-governmental organisations (NGO) in the past five years, noted a provincial leader at a recent meeting with a working group from the...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015
  • The Vietnamese government has approved the sub-programs in the “Risk Mitigation and Management of Human Health Threats along Animal Value Chains” projects which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015
  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has approved a range of contents for climate change response in 2016 with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). The...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015
  • As much as 90% of Vietnamese population lack iodine, which is the main cause for thyroid diseases, according to a survey by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Doctor Dinh Van Truc, deputy head of the Surgery Department of the National Hospital of...
    Monday, 3rd August, 2015