Vietnam has recorded remarkable achievements in curbing the infant mortality rate (IMR), measured by the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age per 1,000 live births, over the past decade thanks to an expanded immunization program (...
Health officials in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An have reported the death of a baby related to the free 5-in-1 (Quinvaxem) vaccination, raising the national death rate to two since last month and eight in two years. The three-month-old boy...
The public-private partnership (PPP) model in provincial-level hospital management is the most effective in examining and treating patients among other types of investment, participants said at a conference held today in Vietnam’s southern Dong Nai...
The number of children who have died from hand-foot-mouth disease has reduced, but the risk of outbreak remains in— this season, according to the Ministry of Health's Preventive Health Department. The country has recorded more than 34,300 cases of...
The freshwater shortage in the Mekong Delta was the main topic on the agenda at a conference on combating drought held in Ben Tre. Dang Van Dung, deputy director of the Southern Hydro-meteorology Station, said the weather patterns around the country...
Up to 63% of Vietnam’s water reserves are sourced outside the territory, state media reported, citing the Vietnam Water Cooperation Initiative 2015 (VACI 2015). Water security, therefore, depends mainly on the developments of foreign countries on...
The Mekong Delta, the biggest granary in Vietnam, is facing serious droughts and sea water intrusions which have severely affected the local crop cultivation, the Nong Nghiep Vietnam newspaper reported. According to the Southern Center for Hydro-...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have planned to build a waste treatment plant costing VND7.9 trillion ($370 million) to be built under the public-private partnership (PPP) model to ease environmental pollution. With capacity of 4,000...
Authorities in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City have proposed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approve a credit package worth VND9.65 trillion ($433 million) to help it cope with flooding which becomes worse recently. The money is...
A Vietnamese delegation led by Le Linh Lan, Ambassador to Mexico, attended an international conference on early childhood education held in Monterrey, Mexico, on October 15-18. The conference, themed “the development of young children, and...
