Vietnam seeks to apply models for healthy and happy cities in a bid to ensure a sustainable urban development strategy in the long run.
As much as 5.42% of the total population, suffers from diabetes, according to a study conducted with more than 11,000 respondents between the age of 30-69 as part of the 2012 National Diabetes Prevention Project.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and National Assembly (NA) deputies in the northern city of Hai Phong met with voters in Kien An district on October 3.
Voters in central Ha Tinh province’s Cam Xuyen district stated on October 3 that the National Assembly (NA)’s social welfare policies aimed at workers and communities in rural areas had helped improve living standards.
Corsair Marine International, a subsidiary of Australia’s SeaWind Group wants to invest in a luxury sailboat building plant in central Danang city, according to the Danang People’s Committee of Danang.
(VOV) - Mental health is crucial since it is directly linked to the quality of life, the happiness of families, social security and the prosperity of the nation, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has said.
(VOV) - The Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is likely to fulfil all the set targets for 2014, with industrial production index rising 7-7.2%, exports growing 12% to US$148 billion and retail revenue expanding by 12%, said Minister Vu Huy Hoang.
Leaders of nine businesses in the Spanish Region of Basque Country are visiting Vietnam and Singapore from October 6-10 to seek business opportunities and boost their exports of machinery and marble, according to Bilbao City’s Chamber of Commerce.
New policies that would attract investment in the hi-tech agriculture sector would create a breakthrough in production and consumption of farm produce, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has recommended.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training held a meeting on October 2 to launch special education tasks for the 2014-2015 academic year, with more support to be given to children with disabilities and development disorders.