Vietnam commits to wiping out tuberculosis by 2030
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has committed to wiping out tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam by 2030 while addressing the High-Level TB Meeting, held on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN general Assembly in New York. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam Young Initiative - InnoCity 2021: Open for Application
InnoCity 2021 – The innovation – creativity program dedicated to the young Vietnamese generation initiated from Europe, officially opens the portal to recruit candidates worldwide. In the context of “SMART CITY”, InnoCity recruits excellent innovators to build the cities of the future, joining hands in ...
Global VYSA
Vietnam condemns China for live-fire drills in Paracels
Vietnam on Thursday sent a strong condemnation against China’s conducting live-fire drills in its Paracels (Hoang Sa) Islands earlier this month. The action was a gross violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty, the ministry’s spokesperson, Le thi Thu Hang, said at a press briefing in Hanoi. Keep reading ...
Khanh Lynh
New Country Manager of Pact Vietnam
Pact Vietnam has announced that Ms. Dang Thi Thanh Binh is no longer with Pact, and its new Country Manager, Ms. Kanika Mannan has taken the role as of December 1, 2017.Her email for your contact is kmannan@pactworld.org.For more information, please visit here ...
NGO Resource Center
The food and culture of Ethnic minorities in Vietnam
Vietnam is ethnically diverse, with 54 ethnic groups living in different regions. Of these ethnic groups, the Kinh is the most populous, making up 85.3% of the population (around 82 million people). The remaining 53 ethnic groups account for 14.6% of the population and are ...
Vietnam to work with Japan in marine plastic waste reduction
Vietnam will cooperate with Japan in reducing marine plastic waste, according to head of the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) Ta Dinh Thi. [] According to Japan’s estimate, Vietnam ranks fourth worldwide in the amount of plastic waste dumped into the sea, with about ...
VNA Reporter
Medical prices to increase slightly from August 20
The prices of about 1,900 different services offered at public hospitals have increased from Tuesday (August 20), according to the Ministry of Health.The current healthcare prices were calculated on the basis of the basic salary of VNĐ1.390 million (US$60). Once the basic salary has been ...
EIDHR Calls for Proposals: Enhancing CSOs' Contribution to Governance and Development Process in Vietnam
The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “Enhancing CSOs’ Contribution to governance and Development Process in Vietnam” to enable and enhance Civil Society Organizations’ engagement as an efficient actor of governance and development process in Vietnam.More information ...
Scientist creates climate change-ready rice
Dr Tran Thi Cuc Hoa and her colleagues have researched and developed two rice varieties that have been widely planted by Vietnamese farmers. The varieties have high resistance to insects, rice blast diseases, rice grassy stunt virus and rice black streaked dwarf virus as well as ...
Ha Nguyen
Initiative Contest for Preventing Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls
The Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender – Family – Women and Adolescents (CSAGA) has launched an Initiative Contest for PreventinG Sexual Violence AGainst Women and Girls.Proposals must be sent to ytuonGtruyenthonG2018@csaGa.orG.vn no later than October 19, 2018.Please click here to download proposal template. More ...
CSAGA
Woman takes leaf out of Mother Nature’s book to protect eroding riverbanks
A Vietnamese woman is showing how to prevent landslides and erosion along rivers by growing trees in the central province of Quang Nam. Vu Thi My Hanh has returned to the way nature showed us to create embankments held together by the roots of plants in ...
Dac Thanh
U.S. to suspend certain visas for Vietnamese nationals
The U.S. will temporarily cease the issuance of a number of investment and religious worker visas for Vietnamese citizens from March 23. Those who have been scheduled for an interview for SR (religious worker), I5 or R5 visas will not be allowed to reschedule after March ...
Song Minh
Ethnic minority culture must be preserved amid development: NA Vice Chairwoman
While the lives of people in ethnic minority and mountainous areas have improved over the years, efforts must be made to preserve their unique cultural identities, said Tong Thi Phong, vice chairman of National Assembly. It is essential to focus on training human resources for ...
Digitisation of healthcare sector, a double-edged sword
The development of technologies such as 4g, 5g, internet of things and artificial intelligence has rapidly changed the healthcare sector’s landscape globally, including in Việt Nam, with more organisations adopting digitisation, according to experts.Digitisation across the healthcare industry has helped service providers improve the quality ...
Legal framework for water supply essential in Vietnam
Tighter regulations are needed to ensure good quality water is sourced for years to come, according to Nguyen Thi Hong Khanh, from the Ministry of Construction’s Technological Infrastructure Department.The national programme to ensure water supply and prevent water loss in the 2018-25 period has been ...
Vietnam to introduce criteria for national green development
Vietnam is soon to introduce a new set of national criteria aimed specifically at speeding the development of green industries in line with international standards, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI). The new criteria would serve as a foundation for governmental ministries, ...
HCM City upgrades water supply system
HCM City has upgraded its water supply network with the adoption of advanced technologies in operation and exploitation and supply of clean water. Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Aid and development
International aid plays a significant but decreasing role in Vietnam’s national expenditure. For example in 2013, official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of the national budget had decreased to 11.2% from 25.4% in 2003.1 The nature of development assistance has changed a lot over ...
Vietnam stands by its cybersecurity law amid US criticism
Vietnam’s foreign ministry reasserted that the cybersecurity law is designed to protect online rights, after U.S. lawmakers voiced criticism.“The ratification of the cybersecurity law is aimed at creating a safe and healthy cyberspace, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals online, and ...
Trong Giap