As many as 12,000 babies in Vietnam die each year during childbirth or on the first day, putting the country one of six in Southeast Asia for having a high rate of infant and maternal mortality, Save the Children, a leading U.S. charitable...
Authorities in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City have proposed the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) continue granting official development assistance (ODA) for its sanitation project. The money would be used for the...
More than 30% of over 1,000 industrial parks and industrial clusters in Vietnam are operating without waste treatment systems, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said. Up to 40% of 623,000 cubic meters of wastewater discharged in the...
A delegation from Japan’s Ministry of Environment and City of Osaka has worked with authorities in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City better cope with carbon dioxide emissions. The working session was held following the signing of a...
The World Bank (WB) has pledged to support Vietnam’s policy-making process as it aims to attract investment to clean energy sources such as wind and solar power in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. WB Vice President Rachel Kyte made the...
Vietnam will officially establish the National Committee on Education and Training Reform in March as part of its efforts to further improve the quality of the sector. The committee led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will work as an advising...
Vietnam is seeking technical assistance and expertise exchanges from the U.K. and other international friends to improve the quality of its education and training, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. The Deputy PM made the appeal at a reception...
A team from the Truong Son Landmines Clearance Centre on Feb 17 defused and removed a bomb from a farm in Son Hoa commune, Tuyen Hoa district in the central province of Quang Binh. The bomb, weighing around 100kg, was unearthed two meters below the...
State agencies managing hunger eradication and poverty reduction programs cost Vietnam about VND75.6 trillion ($3.6 billion) per year, or 63% of the money used for such programs annually. Each year, Vietnam spends an estimated VND120 trillion ($5.7...
The health sector will launch a project encouraging young doctors to volunteer to work in the country’s 62 poverty-stricken districts in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai. This is part of activities to celebrate the Vietnamese Doctors’...
