As many as 1,000 young people and workers in the central highland province of Dak Lak attended a meeting on Nov. 29 to support the National HIV/AIDS Action Month and World AIDS Day (Dec. 1). They pledged to actively join in the fight against HIV/...
As many as 1,000 young people and workers in the central highland province of Dak Lak attended a meeting on Nov. 29 to support the National HIV/AIDS Action Month and World AIDS Day (Dec. 1). They pledged to actively join in the fight against HIV/...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi authorities have approved VND104 billion ($5.8 million) for the new safe vegetable project in Dan Phuong district, state media reported. The Agricultural Development and Investment Company Limited (HADICO) will carry...
The Vietnamese government said on its website that it has set a target to supply clean water to dwellers of all urban areas across the country by 2025 with an average volume of 120 liters of clean water per person a day. The Southeast Asian country...
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long started to implement three projects costing VND142 billion ($7.7 million) to supply clean water for urban dwellers on Nov. 26. Of the total, the French Development Agency (AFD) has funded VND95 billion ($...
Vietnam will need VND700 trillion ($40 billion) to cope with climate change, the Thoi bao Kinh te newspaper reported, citing Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dao Xuan Hoc. Deputy Minister Hoc announced the estimate at a...
The Belgian government has granted EUR4 million to a project to help improve Vietnam’s assessment and management of water resources. The project costs EUR4.4 million, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported Tuesday. The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural...
Vietnam’s central highlands province of Lam Dong has stopped 28 forestation projects with a combined area of 3,000 hectares because they failed to meet the requirements, the Sai gon Giai phong newspaper reported Wednesday. Local authorities said...
Thanh Cong Garment Trading and Investment JSC, or TCM will spend an additional VND3.4 billion ($190,000) to upgrade its wastewater and exhaust fumes treatment system, the company said in a statement. The garment firm will use the money to buy...
Nearly 100 hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are discharging 20,000 cu.m of untreated wastewater a day into public drainage systems, dirtying canals and rivers, said the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Currently, only one-...
