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Hanoi’s Urban Transport Master Plan until 2030 with a vision to 2050 outlines the development for a core urban zone and additional satellite cities. According to the plan, the Hà Nội metro system will run a total length of 417km, of which approximately 76km will be ...

Vietnam’s sex ratio at birth hit a record high imbalance of 115.1 boys to 100 girls in 2018, up three percentage points from 2017 and falling short of the targeted 112.8 boys to 100 girls, said a population and family planning official.Keep reading ...

Forests could be managed and protected more effectively with the use of smart apps, which would also increase transparency. Forest rangers and forest owners would be able to use their mobile devices and ‘go on patrol’ with smart applications.Keep reading ...

Natural disasters have killed 218 people and caused a total loss of VNĐ20 trillion (US$860 million) to the country this year.Although the number of fatalities and damage was much lower than both in 2016 and 2017, natural disasters have still caused serious destruction to the ...

A study by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) shows that one of the most critical problems for environmental security is climate change. Climate change has made natural disasters, especially storms, floods, and droughts, increasingly worse, causing environmental upheavals and ecological crisis, ...

Many of the local people want to use electricity originating from renewable energy sources as it is offered at reasonable prices and can replace other materials, including coal, which is facing an acute shortage, officials said. However, renewable power development has posed multiple challenges.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has set a target to gain per capita income of around USD10,000 by 2035, according to Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.[]By late 2017, Vietnam’s GDP was estimated at USD220 billion and the country’s per capita income was at roughly USD2,300.Keep reading ...

The 2019 national population and housing census will cover more than 95 million people and 25 million households, said Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam. The once-in-a-decade census, scheduled from April 1 to 25, 2019, holds particular importance because it will ...

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s two largest cities, will invest some VND4.2 trillion ($180 million) and VND1.2 trillion ($51.4 million), respectively, in a School Milk Program at all kindergartens and primary schools from 2018 to 2020. Nearly 4 million kids in Hanoi and ...

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 ...