21-03-2015 09:16
"Around 166,000 people, more than half of Vanuatu's population, have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Pam on 22 islands," the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a situation report.
11-04-2007 17:38
The growing imbalance between newborn female and male babies could have a serious impact on Vietnam’s society and lifestyle, population experts fear.
06-05-2022 15:05
On May 5, the General Statistics Office (GSO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched a project to support the production and utilisation of quality population data and evidence. This information is to be used for the evaluation, formulation, and implementation of the country's socioeconomic development policies and the monitoring of its sustainable development goals.
16-03-2019 13:21
From 5am to 7am every day a 70-year-old man whose nickname is Nam plays badminton with other seniors in a small yard near Tan Phu District’s Nguyen Son Street.
31-01-2019 09:00
Indian pharmaceutical companies are keen on broadening partnerships with Vietnamese firms in order to serve the growing local healthcare industry.
06-02-2018 13:07
Vietnam’s population is estimated to reach 94.7 million at the end of 2018, according to the General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) under the Health Ministry.
02-01-2018 09:22
As of mid-December, 81.06 million people had social, health, and unemployment insurance.
23-02-2017 16:39
The Government needs to work out comprehensive solutions to control population and labour migraton in the Mekong Delta region to ensure security and defence, officials have said.
14-09-2015 15:09
The World Bank (WB) will help Vietnam complete a population report with a vision towards 2035, WB Country Director for Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa told President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan at a meeting in Hanoi on Friday.
03-06-2015 09:44
Vietnam has more than 45 million people infected with intestinal worms which deprive 1.5 million liters of blood from their hosts and cause many health problems, a health official has said.
07-12-2012 16:00
Vietnam should see a rise in living standards as population growth slows, according to a new Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) report.
11-06-2024 11:42
Mental health problems in Thailand are on the rise while the number of people seeking treatment rose to 2.9 million in 2023 from 1.3 million in 2015, according to the country’s National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).
15-11-2022 21:58
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam held an event in Hanoi on November 15 in response to a new milestone in the world population, spreading a message of ‘8 Billion: A World of Infinite Possibilities’.
20-12-2021 07:43
Vietnam aims to increase the coverage of full COVID-19 vaccination to over 95 per cent of the adult population by the end of December.
09-04-2019 16:20
The rapid population growth is putting a lot of pressure on housing in Vietnam’s urban areas.