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Vietnam named among top 11 of world’s healthiest countries
Vietnam has been listed among the top 11 healthiest countries in the world, according to the Global Wellness Index (GWI) published by investment firm LetterOne. Out of the 151 nations evaluated for the list, Vietnam was ranked in 11th place while Canada took the number one ...
VNA Reporter
Decline in Vietnam’s deforestation cases
Vietnam has seen decreases in the number of violation cases related to forest protection and development, as well as the area of forest lost by deforestation. After three years of implementing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s directions, an average of 16,980 violation cases have been ...
VNA Reporter
Southwest region has environmental monitoring station
The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held a ceremony on March 5 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to put an environmental monitoring station in the southwest region into operation.Keep reading ...
Thanh Liem
Chinese vessel sinks Vietnamese fishing boat near Hoang Sa
A Vietnamese fishing boat was hit and sunk by a Chinese ship off Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in the East Vietnam Sea on Wednesday, local authorities have confirmed.The Vietnamese ship was operating near Da Loi (Discovery) Reef in Hoang Sa, around 198 nautical miles off the ...
Tuoi Tre News Reporter
Vietnam calls for 'drastic measures' to fight African swine fever
Vietnam’s prime minister has called for “drastic measures” to fight the spread of African swine fever in the Southeast Asian country, state media reported on Tuesday. The highly contagious disease, which is incurable in pigs but harmless to humans, has spread rapidly across neighboring China ...
Mai Nguyen
Vietnam electricity prices to rise by 8.36 pct this month
The Ministry of Industry and Trade says electricity prices will go up 8.36 percent starting this month to cover rapidly rising costs. While a ministry spokesman did not specify the date of increase, he said the plan has been approved by the Prime Minister.Keep reading ...
Nguyen Hoai
Government orders cutting 10 percent of regular budget spending
The Government has issued a programme on practising thrift and fighting wastefulness in 2019, with one of the measures requiring cutting 10 percent of regular budget spending. The programme emphasizes tightening fiscal-budgetary discipline and strictly following the budget estimates approved by the National Assembly. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Over $1bn to be poured into race tracks across Vietnam
Several businesses operating in Vietnam have the intention to build tracks for racing animals and vehicles across the country in ambitious projects collectively worth over US$1 billion.Keep reading ...
Tuoi Tre News Reporter
'Dirty money' in the Mekong region is about 100 billion USD / year
That is the information given by Chris Batt, UNODC’s adviser against money laundering / counter-terrorism financing at the workshop “Enhancing compliance awareness on money laundering prevention, terrorism financing and multilateral assessment processes.”Continue reading ...
Filthy, toxic air is not a symbol of prosperity
Years of rapid economic development have left Vietnam with negative externalities – noise and poor air quality arising from pollution and road congestion.Keep reading ...
Thu Van