The US-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange/Dioxin opened its eighth meeting in the central city of Da Nang on December 4 to exchange views and expand dialogue on Agent Orange/dioxin-related issues. Speaking at the opening session, US...
One thousand people in Mu Cang Chai district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai were provided with free check-ups and medicine at a community health festival held from November 30 to December 1. The festival formed part of a pilot...
Vietnam will take part in the agricultural pest management project funded by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Southeast Asia, state media reported. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will represent Vietnam in the...
The Netherland will assist Vietnam in developing sustainable animal husbandry with promoted added value to boost meat export, state media reported. Joining a public private partnership (PPP) project in Vietnam soon, the Netherlands will share its...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have approved a project on building a general hospital with an estimated capital of VND2.7 trillion ($127.96 million) worth of the municipal budget fund in the outlying district of Me Linh, state media...
Health experts from Australia and the U.S. will provide training on diabetes treatment to Vietnamese doctors in the next three years, Australia’s leading healthcare company Sanofi said at a recent seminar in Melbourne. Under the scheme, 1,500...
The State Bank of Vietnam on Dec 3 assigned a number of commercial banks to arrange loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for several clean water supply projects across the country by 2019. State-owned Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural...
A program within the framework of the core environment program and biodiversity corridor initiative has contributed to strengthening forest ecosystem connection in the central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Quang Tri. Deputy Director of...
An international seminar was held in Hanoi on December 3 to share experience in managing, monitoring and evaluating state budget expenditure in response to climate change. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the France...
The Vietnamese government has received more than $300 million from the international donors to implement projects on climate change adaptation in 2013, said an official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Truong Duc Tri, deputy...
