General News

  • Chairman of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Chang Won-sam has affirmed that the scale of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Vietnam is projected to surpass $52 million in 2024, marking an increase of nearly 50% compared to...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) pledged to support a realistic energy transition to achieve net-zero emissions in Vietnam without hindering the country’s economic growth, at the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) 2024 in Hanoi recently,...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has collaborated with the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the Nippon Foundation, and Save the Children to initiate a VND121 billion ($5.15 million) project aimed at enhancing the quality of...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi recorded 513 cases of dengue fever in the year to March 15, tripling the number compared to the same period in 2023, said the Hanoi Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In recent weeks, scattered cases of dengue fever...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • Only 60% of tuberculosis (TB) patients or 100,000 cases are detected annually in Vietnam, which left over 40% of TB patients undiagnosed and untreated within the community, representatives from the National Lung Hospital told the press on the...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • The Netherlands is ready to assist Vietnam in sustainable offshore sand mining, groundwater management, and mineral exploitation, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers told Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • Vietnam has been named the country with the second most polluted air in Southeast Asia in 2023, following Indonesia, according to the latest annual report from the Swiss organization IQAir. Vietnam took the 22nd position in the global ranking, the...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • The USAID Biodiversity Conservation, under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched a campaign to call on Vietnamese government agencies and citizens to reduce demand for wildlife meat, in order to strengthen...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • The Vietnam Geological Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management co-organized a workshop on sustainable offshore sand mining on March 19, local media reported....
    Monday, 25th March, 2024
  • The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Management Board in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh has announced that it has recently received 11 rare wild animals transferred by the Hanoi Wild Animal Rescue Centre for further rescue and release back...
    Monday, 25th March, 2024