Gender

The White Ribbon Breakfast 2018 and safe orange bus journey were launched in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28 in response to the Action Month for Gender Equality and prevention of gender-based violence and the 16-day global campaign on ending violence against women and ...

Multidimensional poverty is a well-used concept in identifying multiple types of deprivation, including health, education, and living standards. In Vietnam, migrants flocking to big cities, with dreams of making a better life for themselves and their family, are also vulnerable to multidimensional poverty.Keep reading ...

As many as 89 percent of HIV/AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral drug (ARV) treatment in Vietnam have signed up for health insurance cards so far, with the figure expected to exceed 90 percent by the end of this year. Keep reading ...

Vietnam will promote education on tobacco prevention at schools, propose a higher tax rate on cigarettes, raise serious reports on smoking-related diseases and impose strict punishments on violations in smoke-free areas.Keep reading ...

Probiotics are beneficial bacteria and play a key role in improving health and cutting the odds of contracting digestive diseases. While experts say up to 70 per cent of Vietnamese people are at risk of gastritis, most probiotic products on the market did not help ...

As more than 1,000 Vietnamese joined Hanoi’s Gay Pride parade Sunday to support the LGBT community, activists called on the government to make a long-tabled transgender rights law a reality. Vietnam in 2015 changed its civil code to allow transgender people who have undergone surgery ...

According to a report from the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), as of October 31, 2018, the number of health insurance card holders in the country reached 82.33 million or 87.62 percent of the population.Keep reading ...

The number of fatalities due to birth defects in under-five-year-old children in Việt Nam in 2015 was 16 per cent, the second leading cause of death after being born prematurely.Keep reading ...

About three million young Vietnamese people are affected by mental and psychological problems, but only 20 percent of them receive medical treatment while the rest resort to alcohol, tobacco and drug use.Keep reading ...

The number of poor ethnic minority households accounts for 52.7 per cent of Vietnam’s total poor households, though the country has a total of 13.4 million ethnic minority people, accounting for 14.6% of the country’s total population. Keep reading   ...