Chairman’s Statement of 36th ASEAN Summit

The following is the full text of the Chairman’s Statement of the 36th ASEAN Summit, which was held on June 26 in the form of video conference.

Robots given to hospital to help protect frontline health workers from COVID-19

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday donated three Ohmni Robots to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases to help protect frontline doctors and nurses from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

Disabled people struggle to access medical services due to COVID-19

An assessment by UNDP Việt Nam on PWDs of the impacts of COVID-19 released in May shows more than 82 per cent of respondents worry about their health care during the pandemic. 

Tracing waste a new approach for communities

A project aims to help local people earn by thoroughly sorting and treating waste.

Nature-based development is a sustainable pathway for Việt Nam1 As we see with the current COVID-19 pandemic and other communicable diseases, the imbalance of the natural environment due to human actions is creating more opportunities for such global health problems to emerge. 

Waste management projects line up to address Việt Nam’s white pollution A community-based waste management project aiming to scale up classification and foster green investment was launched on Monday in the northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh.

Citi Foundation Donates US$150,000 to Feeding Hong Kong for the Provision of Staple Food Supplies to 5,600 Vulnerable Households Citi Foundation Donates US$150,000 to Feeding Hong Kong for the Provision of Staple Food Supplies to 5,600 Vulnerable Households

Unexploded ordnance survivors receive COVID-19 aid from international organisations More than 9,100 unexploded ordnance (UXO) survivors and their families in central Quảng Bình and south-central Bình Định provinces on Tuesday received packages of food, masks and hand sanitisers from international organisations.

Vietnamese millennials turn quarantine experiences into app

Returning to Việt Nam on March 14, 22-year-old Nguyễn Tuấn Minh was among thousands of overseas students fleeing Europe after the continent becoming the global epicentre for COVID-19. 

People with disabilities among those most affected by COVID-19

People with disabilities were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, said a rapid assessment announced by the United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday.