The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp plans to expand lotus farming, increase the value of lotus products and promote tourism based on visits to lotus fields.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) released on Thursday an action plan for reducing congestion at Cát Lái Terminal in HCM City, Việt Nam’s busiest container port.

Improved legal framework and applications of advanced technologies are considered key to further development of marine aqualculture in Việt Nam.

Wasting refers to the most lethal form of undernutrition and one of the top threats to child survival. Around 1 in 5 deaths among children under 5 are attributed to severe wasting, which is caused by a lack of nutritious food and repeated bouts of diseases such as diarrhoea, measles and malaria, which in turn compromise a child’s immunity

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines provide equivalent protection against hospitalisation and death following two doses, a new expert review of data from 79 studies has found.