UNFPA VN ends partnership with singer Phạm Anh Khoa

In the wake of allegations of sexual harassment against the popular singer Phạm Anh Khoa, initially disseminated via social media, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Việt Nam is dissolving its partnership with singer Khoa who had served as an activist on the prevention of violence against women and girls in the country.

Drone for monitoring forests passes flytest

The southern province of Bình Thuận’s Military Command deployed the first test of using drone on Monday afternoon to inspect forest management in Hàm Thạnh Commune in HàmThuận Nam District.

Road to hilltop unfinished for 6 years

A road in the mountainous Vĩnh Phúc Province has remained under construction for the past six years despite receiving a fund of VNĐ9 billion (US$395,300).

Bomb discovered in Quảng Ninh’s expressway site

A bomb weighing 225kg was discovered and removed from the Vân Đồn-Móng Cái Expressway site in Quảng Thành Commune, Hải Hà District, in the northern province of Quảng Ninh on Monday.

 

GDP not an ideal indicator for growth

Joint winner of the 2004 Nobel prize in Economics, Prof. Finn Kydland, speaks to Việt Nam News about the Vietnamese economy and growth on the sidelines of the 2018 Recontres du Vietnam – a development initiative that has brought world-renowned scientists to Việt Nam for discussions since 1993.

Doctors in HCM City remove massive ovarian cyst

Doctors at the University Medical Centre in HCM C have removed an ovarian cyst weighing 50 kg, which was the largest ovarian cyst ever recorded in the country, according to the hospital.

 

 

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