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Waste treatment delayed in Việt Nam
Poor infrastructure investment in waste treatment has kept Việt Nam in the list of five countries who together discharge more solid waste, particularly plastic, into the ocean than the rest of the world combined. The other four countries are China, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.Keep ...
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Việt Nam’s tax system reviewed
The collection of indirect taxes in Việt Nam is forecast to increase in the future while direct taxes is predicted to account for a smaller proportion, according to a Fair Tax Monitor Index report released by Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) yesterday.Keep reading ...
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Climate change affects farmers in northeast
Climate change is damaging production and livestock in the country’s northeast provinces, raising the risks that the poverty rate there could increase in the next few years, according to a new study by scientists of the Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences.Keep reading ...
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VN among countries with highest gestational diabetes rate in Asia-Pacific
Việt Nam is among the countries in the Asia-Pacific with an alarming incidence of gestational diabetes, Dr Lê Quang Thanh, head of Từ Dũ Hospital in HCM City, has said.Keep reading ...
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Info database needs public support
The Digital Vietnamese knowledge system, an ambitious Government funded open database similar to Wikipedia, now boasts more than 10,000 articles, alongside 3.5 million question and answers following its launch in January.Keep reading ...
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Hanoi to roll out green buses
Hanoi plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis on three routes from early July, the city’s Department of Transport has said.Keep reading ...
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Ministry to ensure adequate meningococcal vaccine in 2018
At least 100,000 doses of the meningococcal vaccine will be imported to Việt Nam by the end of May, increasing the number of imported doses to some 800,000 in 2018.Keep reading ...
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Local health station struggles burden nat’l system
Việt Nam’s grassroots healthcare system is failing to win public trust, resulting in overcrowding at provincial-level hospitals and hampering efforts to ensure universal health coverage in the country.Keep reading ...
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Hà Nội highly polluted in Jan-Mar 2018
Hà Nội witnessed severe air pollution exceeding air quality guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on nine out of every 10 days in the first three months of 2018.This was revealed in the latest report of Hà Nội-based Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) ...
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Drug traceability looks towards industry 4.0
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has begun implementing a plan to strengthen control over drug distribution by applying information technology.Keep reading ...
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