Việt Nam aims to produce innovative medicines

According to the ministry’s Drug Administration of Việt Nam (DAV), innovative drugs in Việt Nam account for only about 3 per cent of the total but represent up to 22 per cent of the value and are primarily imported. Only a few medicines have been researched and produced domestically, or have had initial technology transfer for production.

Silent epidemic: teenagers at risk of STIs

With easier access to explicit content on social media and the internet, adolescents are becoming sexually active earlier, but often lack the necessary information for safe practices.

Lifting people out of poverty

There are many people struggling in Quảng Ngãi Province's Sơn Tây District, where the poverty rate is higher than the country's average. A circular economy model has been implemented here teaching locals to farm chickens in a sustainable manner, improving their livelihoods without sacrificing environmental protection.

New appearance of rural areas in Hà Nội

The campaign to build new rural areas has been widespread and effective in recent years, helping villages in the suburbs of Hà Nội to be filled with new vitality, while becoming civilised and modern.

Exploring Chăm mosques in An Giang

The Chăm ethnic community has built beautiful mosques along the riverbanks, which serve not only as places of worship but also as venues for community cultural activities and for learning Chăm script and the Quran.

Death toll from Typhoon Trami, flooding in central region climbs to 8

Eight people have been killed, fourteen injured, due to the latest storm and the ensuing floods which swept through central region, according to the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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