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Vietnam will become a 'super-aged' nation in 2050: officials
Rapid drops in both birth and death rates, combined with a much longer life expectancy, have created a new set of challenges for Vietnam as its inadequate healthcare and welfare systems are failing to catch up with an aging population, officials said. They warned at a ...
Police break up drug ring on Vietnam-Laos border
Authorities in the north-central province of Quang Tri busted on 23 November an illicit ring that supplied drugs and unlawfully organized gambling near the Vietnam-Laos border. Quang Tri border guards, in coordination with police in Laos’ Savannakhet Province and relevant agencies, launched a raid on the ...
Vietnamese youngsters learn about climate change
For over a year,13-year-old Nguyen Thi Anh Duong has used leftover food or trash to make organic fertilisers for growing vegetables in order to reduce pollution. That was what she learned from a three-month on-site training course on climate change for children, organised by the Center ...
Vietnam's northwest seeking tourism aid from Ho Chi Minh City
As an economic and tourism hub in the country, Ho Chi Minh City plays a vital role in the development of tourism in the north-western region, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said. The city administration needs to offer more incentives to encourage tourism enterprises ...
58 percent of married women in Vietnam are victims of domestic violence: report
Nearly 60 percent of married women in Vietnam have suffered physical or sexual abuse at least once in their life, according to figures released by a new campaign to stop violence against women. Every one of three women in the world suffer physical or sexual violence, ...
Vietnam is still scratching the surface of what it can become: economists
Vietnam is believed to have achieved many great successes a lot over the last three decades of economic renovation, but many economists say the years ahead will continue to be challenging. At a forum in Hanoi last week to mark the 30th year of the reform ...
17 Montagnards prepare for return to Vietnam
More Montagnard asylum seekers prepared to return to Vietnam on 23 November after giving up on obtaining refugee status in Phnom Penh, while five Rohingya refugees set off for resettlement in Canada. Wan-Hea Lee, country representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human ...
Vietnam's SMEs to face regional competition
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam have paid little attention to the nearing formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), while larger companies with a “national brand name” are actively preparing for the regional integration process. Le Thanh Hai, the deputy manager of the Viet Nam ...
Last body recovered from mine collapse in northern Vietnam
Rescuers early on 23 November recovered the body of Bui Van Quy, 23, the last of the three dead victims in a coal mine collapse in the northern province of Hoa Binh last week. His body was found behind a large rock at about 2:30 a.m., nearly 700 meters ...
Only 2 out of 22 Vietnam airports are making profits: report
With the exception of Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai, the other 20 airports around the country have been making losses or barely broken even, local media reported. The troubled airports often operate far below their designed capacities, as they are still in the middle of ...