Sustainable Development Goals

The University of Science under the Vietnam National University-HCM City has set up the first greenhouse gas monitoring station in the buffer zone of the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.The station was set up with the co-operation of ...

A budget support programme for Vietnam’s health sector funded by the European Union (EU) was reviewed in a ceremony held by the Ministry of Health (MoH)  in Hanoi on May 8. Speaking at the event, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien highlighted the significant outcomes of ...

The 13th plenary session of the CONFRASIE (Regional Conference of Rectors of the member universities of the University Agency of the French-speaking world (AUF) in Asia-Pacific) took place in Ho Chi Minh City on May 7.Representatives from 88 universities and educational and research organisations from ...

After more than a year of implementing the Government’s resolution 120/NQ-CP on the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in response to climate change, up to now, the Mekong Delta has gained a number of achievements. It is necessary to build a new rural scheme for ...

The Pacific Partnership programme 2019 (PP19) kicked off in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province, on May 6.PP19 is taking place in Phu Yen province from May 6 to 18, with 117 activities, such as medical examinations and treatment for local people, professional exchanges in ...

Pollution of the Cai Lon River flowing through Hau Giang Province has turned the water pitch black and killed fish at many farms.Local residents blame the pollution, which also causes the water to stink badly, on a nearby sugar factory discharging untreated effluents into the river. Hau ...

The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a circular on code of conduct for teachers, students and parents from preschool to high school level nation-wide.The code aims to remind teachers, students as well as parents that they should follow ethical standards to build ...

The Undetectable=Untransmittable or K=K (Khong phat hien=Khong lay truyen) campaign was launched in Hanoi on May 3, with a training course on communications work for the campaign.The communications work will focus on helping healthcare staff to understand the campaign so to enable them to support ...

The Prime Minister has instructed authorities of the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue to carry out fishery projects using compensation from the Taiwanese-invested Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation.The projects are expected to improve logistics and services ...

A draft project on national digital transformation has set a target to have 50% of businesses operating on a digital basis by 2025.Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung announced the plan at a seminar on completing institutions and fundamental conditions for developing ...