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Full scholarship from Asian Women's University (AUW) for Vietnam, deadline for application 28/2/2019

Scholarships are open to pursue undergraduate degrees. Scholarships are awarded to study any subject offered by AUW. AUW trained 5 majors:  Economics;  Politics, Philosophy & Economics (PPE); Public Health; Environmental Science; Bioinformatics. Scholarship value is $ 60 000 for 4 years of college, which will ...

Foreign and private investors invest more than $ 11.5 billion in electricity

As of 2017, about 9.8 GW of foreign invested thermal power plants and 3.4 GW of small hydro and other renewable energy (wind, solar power) are privately owned. domestic investment, corresponding to about 8.5 billion dollars from international investment in thermal power and about 3 ...

New topic page on Population and Census

Vietnam’s population had reached 95.5 million people in 2017, which was the largest in the Mekong region. Vietnam has a young population, however the era of the  “golden population” is estimated to end by 2040, with people aged 15 to 24 currently accounting for 70% ...

Crime prevention and combat fund established

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed a decision to set up a fund for the prevention of and fight against crimes. The fund at the central level will be managed by the Minister of Public Security while those at the provincial level, by the heads ...

Minh Hien

Population and Census

Vietnam’s population and housing census is conducted every ten years and begins on April 1st. The country has conducted five population and housing censuses since the revolution in 1975, specifically in April of 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019.1 The fifth population and housing census ...

Climate Change topic page published

Vietnam ranks the fifth in climate risk in the Global Climate Risk Index for 2018 and eighth in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index (CRI). Having 3,260 km of coast line, rising sea levels definitely create a big impact on Vietnam. According to the Inter-Governmental Panel on CC ...

VN strives to erase maternal transmission of HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis

The Ministry of Health (MoH) organised a workshop in Hanoi on January 8 to launch a national action plan on the eradication of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis in the 2018-2030. The country is striving to eliminate the mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis ...

Đỗ Thoa

Vietnam says Facebook violated controversial cybersecurity law

Facebook has violated Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law by allowing users to post anti-government comments on the platform, state media said on Wednesday, days after the controversial legislation took effect in the communist-ruled country.Keep reading ...

Ha Binh

Vietnam targets vaccination rate of 95 percent for under-1-year-old children

The health sector aims to have over 95 percent of under-one-year-old children nationwide fully vaccinated in the expanded national immunization programme by 2020, said Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) Dang Duc Anh. The programme will continue to support disadvantaged localities to increase ...

Nguyễn Bích Thủy

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 ...

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