About 2,500 residents in mountainous districts of central Quang Nam province, mostly women and impoverished ethnic minorities, are expected to get stable jobs and higher income thanks to a US-funded sub-project.
National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu attended the opening of the “Through the legacy of Hoang Su Phi terraced fields” culture week that was opened in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on September 21.
The ninth conference on traditional medicine of countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region will take place in Hanoi on September 5 and 6, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Phuong Chau International Hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho inked a professional cooperation agreement on infertility treatment with the IVF Japan group and the Kishokai Medical Corporation on June 21.
Various cultural and art activities are set to be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism throughout January, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism said on January 3.
Kon Tum is calling for capable investors and firms to run long-term business in the Central Highlands province and accompany local authorities in developing the green economy, protecting the environment and combating climate change, a local official said.
Vietnam’s agriculture should be listed in the world’s top 15 markets in the next ten years, with farm produce in the top 10, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Relevant agencies and localities have taken drastic measures to promote law enforcement on and increase public awareness of wildlife protection, said the Education for Nature Vietnam on May 11.
Despite being paralysed since an illness when he was two years old, Tran Quang Dung, 36, has provided support to disadvantaged people thanks in part to a cherished role model.
The supply, price and use of herbal medicines will be tightened by strengthening policies on quality assessment at medical facilities, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has stressed.
Farmers in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue are earning good money by growing Gotu Kola, a plant used for daily meals as vegetable and an ingredient in herbal medicine, commercially.
Nguyen Thi Hong Thuong, 33, runs a large ginseng garden with more than 600 plants and many other traditional herbal medicine plants in Tra Cang commune in Nam Tra My district in Quang Nam.
The Thai Ministry of Public Health is stepping up its development of local traditional medicine and is introducing the Thai First action plan to improve accessibility to it in the country.
A conference was held in the northern province of Yen Bai on December 8 to launch an EU-funded project to enhance capacity in managing the value chain of herbal plants.
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