Japan provides aid to VN grassroots projects

Japan has provided US$727,400 to two grassroots social projects in central Việt Nam: optical coherence tomography (OCT) equipment for the Huế Eye Hospital and a mine clearance project, managed by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in the central province of Quảng Bình.

Health literacy investment needed

Investment in health literacy would be a useful initiative in Việt Nam and other ASEAN countries to help reach health goals, according to Asian Health Literacy Association.

24,400 car plates to expire

According to estimates, there are more than 24,400 cars and trucks with expired registration as of January 1, 2018, according to the Việt Nam Register.

Complaints over double road fee payment

Drivers using National Highway No 5 in the northern Hải Phòng City are asking for the removal of two toll stations on the route to avoid the overlapping road fees.

NA committee talks insurance fraud

The National Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs held its seventh plenary session yesterday in Hà Nội to examine several issues related to the management and use of the health insurance and tobacco control funds and the implementation of national targets for gender equality.

Farmers despair as virus attacks rice fields

Hoàng Đức Lợi, a farmer from Trực Cường Commune in Nam Định Province’s Trực Ninh District, felt despair when seeing his rice fields being hit by a disease that would cause him total loss this year.

Agriculture research results remain on paper

The provinces of Long An and Đồng Nai have been unable to use high-quality research findings to boost agricultural development because they lack funds and are unable to match what farmers want, officials say.

 

Young coal miners turn their backs on the industry

After 10 years as a coal miner in northern Quảng Ninh Province on a monthly income of about VNĐ10million (US$435), Trần Văn Phong from northern Hải Dương Province, decided to go back to his home-town and take up a job as a delivery man.

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