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UN congratulates gay rights progress in Vietnam

17:19 | 05/18/2013

Vietnam has made great progress in recent months towards eliminating stigma and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the United Nations has said.

Vietnam, Japan strengthen medical cooperation

17:19 | 05/15/2013

(VOV) - Japan is the biggest ODA donor to Vietnam in general and to its healthcare sector in particular.

Vietnam appreciates US support for HIV control

08:00 | 05/08/2013

Vietnam highly values the US’s support for its fight against HIV/AIDS, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told US Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby in Hanoi on May 7.

Project to care for disadvantaged children approved

19:14 | 05/02/2013

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to care for children in especially difficult circumstances over the 2013-2020 period.

Beauty contest held for the disabled

15:33 | 04/08/2013

A beauty contest, named “The Crescent’s Beauty 2013”, will be held from April 15-18 to mark the Vietnam Day for People with Disabilities, which falls on April 18.

Vietnam seeks new therapy for AIDS patients

12:05 | 04/08/2013

(VOV) - A delegation of medical workers from the Governmental Office, the Ministry of Health and the National Committee for AIDS Prevention and Control has been on a working visit to Thailand within the framework of cooperation between Vietnam and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

The US Embassy offers Hubert Humphrey Fellowship

12:18 | 04/05/2013

(VOV) -The United States Mission to Vietnam has announced the launch of the 2014-2015 Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program on April 4.

Vietnam needs assistance against communicable diseases

18:26 | 04/03/2013

(VOV) - Vietnam hopes to receive effective assistance from its partners and international organisations to combat new, emerging communicable diseases.

Major factors for HIV transmission in Vietnam

18:22 | 03/27/2013

(VOV) -The rate of HIV infection via unprotected sexual intercourse cases has increased rapidly and is considered the main cause for the transmission of the disease in Vietnam.

Challenging tasks for preventive medicine

12:30 | 03/25/2013

(VOV) - The preventive healthcare sector aims to eradicate gastrointestinal and insect-borne diseases and effectively control epidemics and emerging illnesses in 2013.

Vietnam’s post-2015 development priorities discussed

09:29 | 03/21/2013

A conference on Vietnam’s national consultations for the post-2015 development agenda was jointly held by the United Nations (UN) in Vietnam and the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Hanoi on March 20.

Laos, Vietnam strengthen healthcare cooperation

11:00 | 03/17/2013

(VOV) - The Health Ministries of Laos and Vietnam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Vientiane to increase bilateral cooperation in health care.

Deputy PM urges more efforts on anti-drug fight

10:32 | 03/06/2013

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged more drastic efforts to fight drug crimes, while improving drug detoxification programmes.

Tien Giang benefits from HIV/AIDS prevention project

17:37 | 03/02/2013

As many as 23 communes and wards of southern Tien Giang province have benefited from the HIV/AIDS Prevention Project for Vietnam, which was jointly funded by the World Bank (WB) and the UK Department for International Development.

Eliminating and preventing violence against women

17:15 | 02/28/2013

(VOV) - Vietnam has demonstrated its ongoing strong political commitment to the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women.