Up to 42.5% of Vietnamese in a survey conducted by the World Bank (WB) in four provinces in 2014 and 2015 said that they were not satisfied with the attitude of doctors while the majority of respondents were displeased at the poor bathroom hygiene,...
The World Health Organization estimates that deaths from non-communicable diseases reach nearly 380,000 cases per year in Vietnam, claiming 73 percent of all deaths and reducing Vietnamese people's average longevity, reported Vietnamese non-...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi are preparing for construction of a water pipeline to ease the shortage of water that has troubled the life of roughly 70,000 households in scorching weather. In October, the city will build the...
A total of 63 pangolins have been rescued, a majority of them seized from illegal traders in northern Vietnam in August. Their rescue is the result of the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program (CPCP), a cooperation between the national not for...
Nearly eight tonnes of smuggled ivory, rhino horns and pangolin scales were discovered after a two-week investigation, deputy head of the central region's anti-smuggling team Pham Van Thien said August 27. He told Vietnam News the investigation was...
Heavy rains are forecast to occur in vast areas in the northern and central Vietnam from August 28 to September 3, said the Central Hydrometeorology Center on August 28. From August 28-30, the north will have medium and heavy rains, with the...
Vietnam has won the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon), a robotic contest among more than 20 countries of the Asia-Pacific, for the fifth time since 2002, after beating Hong Kong in the finale in Indonesia on Sunday [August 23]. The team...
Vietnamese lecturers should use more English in teaching the foreign language instead of using their mother tongue, said David Persey of National Geographic Learning, which is part of the U.S.-based Cengage Learning, a portfolio of quality materials...
When Vietnam moved economically from communism to capitalism in the 1980s, it enjoyed an agriculture boom that lifted millions from poverty. But today, new trade deals could threaten Vietnamese farmers, who are considering using genetically modified...
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius toured the central province of Quang Tri yesterday to take a look at bomb and mine clearance efforts. He visited the province's Database Unit (DBU), Legacy of War Co-ordination Centre (LWCC) and Mine Action...
