Nearly 149 billion VND (6.42 million USD) was raised for poor and disadvantaged children during the 14th edition of the “Mua xuan cho em” (Spring for children) exchange programme held in Hanoi on January 10.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Vietnam on November 27 announced that it will present 60 tonnes of products treating malnutrition for children living in disaster-hit areas of the country’s central region.
Natural disasters have cost Vietnam’s northern mountainous areas about 610 billion VND (26.3 million USD) so far this year, compared to 753 billion VND last year.
Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta is forecast to continue and get worse amid tidal surges in the time to come, according the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
A training workshop opened in Hanoi on March 26, sharing general information of US Incident Command System (ICS) and looking to improve Vietnam’s capacity in managing and building plans in response to incidents and disasters.
The Government convened its monthly meeting on January 31 to review the socio-economic situation in January and preparations for the upcoming Lunar New Year festival (Tet).
Projects to prepare for natural disasters and respond to climate change will be further enhanced this year, according to instructions from the National Committee for Natural Calamity Prevention.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked for taking businesses and people as the centre for development during a national conference between the Government and localities that closed in Hanoi on December 28.
The National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee convened its 11th plenary session in the central province of Da Nang on October 9 in preparation for the upcoming sixth meeting of the 14th legislature.
The Indonesian Pertamina (Persero) oil and gas company has mobilised all resources to provide millions of litres of fuel to Central Sulawesi which has seriously hit by earthquakes and tsunami recently.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 23 chaired a meeting on housing assistance for people affected by flash floods and landslides nationwide, stressing that helping the victims to rebuild houses is an urgent task.
A ceremony was held in Quy Nhon city of the south central province of Binh Dinh on July 16 to hand over a healthcare station to the locality, a project funded by the US Pacific Command and the US Embassy in Vietnam.
A three-day regional collaboration drill beginning on March 26 at Hoa Xuan Stadium in the central city of Da Nang drew more than 200 members of emergency medical teams (EMTs) from 10 ASEAN countries and Japan to test medical response to disasters.
A meeting was held in Hanoi on February 27 to review Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund’s activities in 2017 and embark on its working programme for this year.
New Year 2018 had a better beginning than the same period in 2017, regarding some indicators, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said at the Government meeting for January.
The Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) Friendship Association on November 27 received aid for disaster-affected localities from two Panko Corporation factories.
President Tran Dai Quang hosted a banquet in Hanoi on November 11 evening in honour of President Donald Trump and a high-ranking delegation of the US, who have been on a two-day State visit to Vietnam
Devastating rains, floods, and landsides left 32 people dead and missing and nine others injured in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh as of 7 am on October 13.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh hailed AIG Group’s performance in Vietnam since 2000 and the first half this year during a reception in Hanoi on August 15 for its Chief Executive Ng Keng Hooi.
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