Acupuncture helps autistic children

More than 1,500 children with autism come to the National Hospital of Acupuncture for treatment every year, said head of the hospital Associate Prof Dr Nguyễn Bá Quang at conference on Vietnamese high-tech acupuncture therapy for paediatric diseases and cerebrovascular diseases held last Saturday.

Suburban hell outside Viet Nam’s 3rd largest city

The mountains and hills in Hoà Nhơn Commune of Hoà Phong District, seen from National Highway 14B, seem to have barely survived a particularly devastating disaster – except that this disaster is wholly man-made.

World Savings Day

Photo without storyThe Việt Nam Fatherland Front, in co-ordination with the Việt Nam Women’s Union and the State Bank of Việt Nam, launched a week of saving yesterday for World Savings Day.

The lost seasons of VN’s macadamia growers

Nguyễn Việt Hùng, a farmer in Lâm Hà District of the Central Highlands Lâm Đồng Province heaves a sigh with hard-to-conceal disappointment on his face when visiting his macadamia garden.

More quality control for agricultural machines

Việt Nam lacks the legal framework, technical criteria and capacity for testing and selecting agricultural machines, which hinders the country’s mechanisation in agriculture, experts said.

HCMC seeks essential programme funding

HCM City is struggling to seek funds for projects in seven breakthrough programmes because of budget constraints, officials said at a meeting held on Wednesday (Oct 26) in HCM City.

Training for rural workers of limited value: report

Thousands of billion of đồng invested in vocational training for residents of northern mountainous provinces have produced little effectiveness, according to the General Department of Vocational Training.

RMIT Vietnam launches first PhD programme

RMIT Vietnam has launched the university’s first international-standard PhD programme with three degree options: Business, Management, or Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

 

VN needs safe herbal products

A campaign was launched in Hà Nội yesterday aiming to raise the awareness of the importance of safe herbal products.

Hi-tech shrimp farms booming in south

Hi-tech shrimp farming models – complete with net house, canvas-lined ponds to a full-fledged water treatment plant system – requires billions of đồng in investment per hectare. However, the effectiveness of such model is convincing enough that many farmers in the Southeastern region are willing to give it a try.

A gathering of change-making youths

The Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Conference 2016, themed “Youth and civic engagement”, was held today by the US Embassy in Việt Nam and the Center for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS).

VN detects over 1,000 marine species

Việt Nam has discovered more than 1,080 species of marine fish, including many of high economic values such as skipjack tuna, Japanese horse mackerel, yellowtail scad, largehead hairtail (or beltfish), ariid catfish, among others.

City to set up food-safety teams in all districts

Food-safety inspection teams, which have been piloted in five districts, will be established in all districts’ wards and communes, according to Health Nguyễn Hữu Hưng, the deputy head of the HCM City Department.

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