Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA), the country’s highest legislative body, has adopted two National Target Programs with the focus on sustainable poverty reduction and rural development for the 2016-2020 at a cost of VND240 trillion ($10.76 billion...
Leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang had a working session on November 12 with a delegation from the Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (MCFA) headed by Secretary of State Menh Kossony. Gifts to Khmer residents in Soc Trang...
A code of ethics for social workers is necessary to promote professional conduct and prevent violations against the disadvantaged, experts said at a workshop held last weekend in HCM City. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Nov. 12 approved a $200-million credit line for rural sanitation and water supply program in Vietnam, expecting to benefit more than five million inhabitants. The funding with 25 years to maturity and...
There are more than 44,000 patients suffering from hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in 62 provinces and cities across Vietnam in the year to date, of whom five had died in the southern region, local media reported. The HFMD outbreak, caused by an...
Up to 100,000 people living with HIV in Vietnam are currently being treated with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, a Health Ministry official said in a conference on November 9. Dr. Nguyen Hoang Long, head of the HIV/AIDS Department for HIV/AIDS...
3,000 kids in low-income families in districts Bac Me, Meo Vac and Dong Van of the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang received free cardiovascular examination in the program “Heart for kids”, said military-run Vietnamese mobile network...
Because of outbreaks of bird flu in some nations such as China, Laos and Cambodia which have border with Vietnam, the Ministry of Health on Nov 12 issued warning of entering of the disease and spreading in the country. The Ministry stressed the...
Drug users are now present in all 63 cities and provinces across Vietnam, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said in a report at the ongoing session of the National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body. The country has...
Dr. Kohei Toda, an expert from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Expanded Program on Immunization, has voiced rejection over the information spread on social networks in Vietnam that WHO is conducting clinical trial of the South Korean-made...
