Japan’s charity organisation of IMAYA has presented 23 wheelchairs to people with disabilities in central Quang Binh province.
Specialists at Vinmec International Hospital in Hanoi have performed stem-cell therapy on a one-year-old baby boy to try and overcome the effects of cerebral palsy (brain paralysis).
The Vietnam Post on March 25 launched a stamp designing contest to welcome the ASEAN community that is expected to take shape by 2015.
The 3rd Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) wrapped up in The Hague, the Netherlands on March 25 with the adoption of a final joint statement that underlined the need to intensify closer international cooperation in securing nuclear security.
The second Vietnam Engineering Education Conference (VEEC) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 25 under the theme “Transformative Change: Educating Engineers to Innovate the Future of Vietnam”.
Vietnam will publish its own national encyclopaedia in 8-10 years.
The Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) and authorised agencies of the central province of Binh Thuan rescued the last farmed bear in the locality, putting an end to bear bile farming here.
The “Pro-poor Participatory Development Project” funded by Plan International has helped strengthen the participation of the poor, ethnic people and women in socio-economic development and poverty reduction.
The Military Telecom Corporation (Viettel) will help Laos research and develop the system to standardise the font of the Lao language for mobile devices and computers.
A workshop was held in the central province of Quang Nam on March 25 to review the implementation of the project Land Use and Climate Change Interactions (LUCCI) in the Vu Gia-Thu Bon basin.