Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has okayed a master plan on supervising and disinfecting dioxin in two airports which were airbases of American troops in the Vietnam War. The Ministry of National Defense will work with other ministries...
The Vietnam Bombs and Mines Action Support Association (VBMASA) coordinated with the Quang Nam People’s Committee to organize a program on August 19 to assist victims of u nexploded ordnances ( UXOs ) in the province. The program assisted 20...
Speaking at a recent consultation workshop in Hanoi regarding Vietnam’s fifth and final 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Progress Report, Vice Minister Nguyen The Phuong of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) praised the nation’s...
A training course on life skills education for primary and secondary ethnic minority students opened in northern mountainous Lao Cai province on August 19. Course participants included 120 teachers from Lao Cai, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Nghe An and Kom...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has helped the central city of Hue implement a project to improve its water environment since 2008. At his August 14 working session with JICA Chief Representative in Vietnam Mori Mutsuya to review...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said that it would continue providing official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam for cultural preservation and hygiene projects in one of the world’s heritage sites. Mori Mutsuya, chief...
The Department of Preventive under the Ministry of Health yesterday said that the dengue fever was reaching its peak season with more infection cases. By statistics, since the beginning of 2015, the country has over 20,000 dengue fever cases...
Meals of Vietnamese people have been degraded by an imbalance in nutrition and chemicals used in production and processing. Thus, it has created hazards for their health, such as food poisoning, functional disorder and diseases. According to the...
The growing abuse of antibiotics is causing a resistance to the drug, the Ministry of Health has warned. The ministry established last week a special unit to study the problem and would soon propose solutions, said Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the...
Comprehensive and effective solutions to reduce water shortages during sustainable development have become a pressing need in many countries in the world, including developing ones like Vietnam. According to researchers, domestic water capacity...
