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According to the NGO, Save The Children, the report ranks countries based on eight factors - malnutrition, child labor, being out of school, teen pregnancy, homicide, being displaced by conflict, child marriage, and death before age five. Vietnam scored 831 out of 1,000, up from 816 last year. … [Read more...] about Former US first lady to visit Vietnam, back sustained education for girls

Speaking at a press briefing yesterday, Huỳnh Văn Hùng, chief of HCM City Statistics Office, said: “This indicator has gradually improved over the last 10 years, from 0.9 per 10,000 in 2009 to only 0.2 per 10,000 this year. The proportion of families having housing is 99.8 per cent. The average housing area per capita this year is 19.4 square metres per person.” … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13

The Comic Contest, jointly launched in June this year by UNICEF, the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority and the Young Pioneer Council with support from Artist Le Cat Trong Ly, called on children across the country to create a superhero that can save the earth and fight against natural disasters and climate change.  … [Read more...] about Super Artist created by Vietnamese 8th grader to help fight climate change

Certain forecasts suggest that, by the end of the 21st century, temperatures may rise by 2 – 3 degrees Celsius ever year, leading to a 1-metre rise in sea levels which, in turn, may respectively flood 40 percent of the Mekong Delta and 11 percent of the Red River Delta. In that scenario, approximately 10-12 percent of the country’s population would be directly affected and 10 percent of the GDP would evaporate. … [Read more...] about Making Earth Hour campaign more practical and effective

It was reported at the event that in August alone, more than 30 people were killed or are still missing after floods countrywide. Statistics show natural disasters killed 218 people last year, causing 20 trillion VND (863 million USD) worth of damage. In 2017, natural disasters killed 386 people resulting in 60 trillion VND (2.58 billion USD) worth of  damage. Speaking at the workshop, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that it requires the participation of not only experts and scientists but also the private sector to apply science and technology to cope with natural disasters. "We need solutions from diverse groups that took advantage of human achievements in science and technology," he said. Science and technology should focus on activities of forecasting, early warning systems, coping with the problems, remedying and re-constructing, he said, adding that this would minimise damages that natural disasters cause to both human lives and … [Read more...] about Workshop studies how technology can help cope with natural disasters