The Prime Minister has adopted a project on providing healthcare for people in the Central Highlands region, in its second phase, with a total capital of USD76.6 million, of which USD70 million was lent by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

(CPV) - The Vietnam Farmers’ Association Central Committee, in collaboration with the Cao Bang provincial Farmers’ Association, organized a meeting on June 16 to respond to the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Cao Bang province.

In the 2010-2012 period, Mekong River Delta provinces assisted 311,556 rural labourers with vocational training, including 136,845 labourers learning agricultural industries and 174,711 labourers learning non-agricultural industries, according to the General Department of Vocational Training.

Vietnam has over 1.2 million disabled children, including those affected by the aftermaths of war, especially toxic chemicals, bombs, mines and explosive remnants. It poses a great challenge to the country in ensuring their rights and helping them integrate into society.

Under a newly issued directive by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, corruption prevention measures will be taught at educational and training facilities from the 2013-2014 academic year.

Vietnamese national TV channel VTV1 this morning confirmed that prisoner Cu Huy Ha Vu did not go on a hunger strike as rumored.

There were 104 social housing projects nationwide as of the end of May, 47 of which were converted from commercial ones, according to the Ministry of Construction.

Experts have proposed step by step applying Mexico’s multidimensional poverty measurement as a feasible basis for relevant agencies to adjust or stipulate new policies on poverty reduction and social welfare from 2015 upwards.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang has made replies in written form to questions and petitions raised by NA deputies and voters on issues under his charge, focusing on the inspection results of small- and medium-scale hydro electric projects nationwide.

Labour Minister Pham Thi Hai Chuyen was the third Cabinet member to participate in a live question and answer session on June 13 at the National Assembly's ongoing fifth session.

Police in northern mountainous Bac Giang province on June 13 uncovered a drug smuggling case involved 40 heroin cakes and two Lao people.

A music night with the theme Thap Sang Uoc Mo (To Light up a Dream) will raise money for a fund that offers scholarships to poor and ethnic minority students who have excellent learning results.

The Vietnamese People’s Navy and the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) on June 12 organized a workshop in Hai Phong city to sign a cooperation program on mobilizing women to participate in building and protecting sea and islands sovereignty in the period of 2013-2017.

Over the past time, thanks to intervention activities of the HIV/AIDS prevention project, Vietnam’s HIV infection rate has been reduced from 25% in 2006 to over 12% in 2012.

Millions of VND have been spent supporting Agent Orange victims in Cai Rang and O Mon districts in Can Tho city.

From 2003 to 2013, through humanitarian blood donation, Da Nang city has collected over 151,000 units of blood, satisfying 99.5% of patient blood demand for first aid and treatment, according to the city steering committee on blood donation encouragement.

The investigation agency under the Hanoi Police Department on June 13 issued a warrant for urgent house search and arrest of Pham Viet Dao, a resident in Buoi ward, Tay Ho precinct, Hanoi , for breaking Article 258 of the Criminal Code.

From beginning of the year to now, humanitarian activities have been expanded by Red Cross branches of 8 northern provinces with a capital of over VND56 billion.

Southeastern and Mekong Delta provinces plan to provide vocational training in agriculture for over 67,000 rural workers this year to meet the demand on local human resource development.

Vietnam will carry out 24 anti-corruption proposals awarded in the Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative Programme 2013 (VACI 2013), aiming to minimise corruption and strengthen transparency in State agencies.