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Patients get free surgical operations
As many as 61 patients from the central region and the Central Highlands got free surgical operations to mend their congenital deformities from June 17-28 at the Hue Central Hospital. This comes within the framework of a charitable programme jointly held by the hospital and the ...
Thousands benefit from poverty reduction project
As many as 192,000 households have directly benefitted from the Northern Mountains Poverty Reduction Project, said Nguyen Thanh Duong, Director General of the Department for Agricultural Economy, Ministry of Planning and Investment.Speaking at a conference on June 27 held to review the project’s implementation, Duong ...
Conference promotes cooperation to protect Mekong River
A conference on how to enhance cooperation in protecting the Mekong River via smarter water energy planning approaches and wide application of renewable energy throughout the Mekong region was held in Hanoi on June 28. The event was jointly organised by the Stimson Centre, the International Union for ...
Portal launched for start-up community
The Ministry of Science and Technology in cooperation with Nexus FrontierTech Company has officially launched a new portal for tech start-ups – vntechpedia.com. The portal is part of a project to support the national start-up and innovation ecosystem by 2025 approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan ...
Project helps improve traffic safety in school zones
Traffic safety around schools in Pleiku city in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has improved remarkably thanks to a two-year project entitled ‘Slow Zones, Safe Zones’. To prevent and reduce traffic deaths and injuries in school zones, the project added modifications to roads around ...
Seminar boosts national e-medical record software application
Measures to accelerate the implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) in health facilities nationwide were sought during a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 17. The event was co-organised by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Representative of the ...
Transport development in Mekong Delta should be accelerated: official
The development of transport infrastructure connecting the Mekong Delta and the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City should be accelerated in the coming time by increasing investment capital from both local budget and society, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan ...
WB helps improve grassroots health services in Vietnam
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on June 20 approved an 80-million-USD loan to help Vietnam improve basic health service quality and access, especially in disadvantaged areas. The Investing and Innovating for Grassroots Health Service Delivery Project is designed to enable commune health stations (CHS) ...
Vietnam pledges to fulfill ILO membership obligations
Vietnam will make all-out efforts to fulfill its obligations as a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and further promote cooperation between the organisation and tripartite actors – the Government, employers, and employees in the country. Dao Ngoc Dung, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social ...
Vietnam Mekong River Commission holds first plenary meeting in 2019
The Vietnam Mekong River Commission (VMRC) held the first plenary meeting in 2019 in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on June 19 under the chair of the commission’s chairman Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha. An important task of the VMRC ...
