Social development
City eyes autonomy route to improve hospitals
By 2020 HCM City’s public hospitals will no longer be overloaded and people will have access to high-quality healthcare, city officials promise. The entire healthcare sector will become a high-quality service industry by then, contributing significantly to the city’s socio-economic growth, Nguyễn Tấn Bỉnh, director ...
Child abuse at preschools blamed on poor management
The Hanoi Education and Training Department has announced that it will take unexpected inspection tours to privately run nursery schools in Hanoi amid complaints about the low quality of schools. On February 5, a video clip showing a teacher at Sen Vang Kindergarten in Hanoi repeatedly ...
Fight against garbage in the ocean starts at individual level: Greenpeace
Solutions to the massive garbage “islands” floating off Thailand start at the individual level, but government policy and regulation is also needed, officials and environmentalists have said. Earlier this month, pictures of large amounts of garbage floating in the sea spread on social networks and sparked ...
WHO praises Laos' compliance with int'l health regulations
Laos will use the successful results of the Joint External Evaluation conducted by the World Health Organisation to promote professionalism and transparency in the health sector, Minister of Health Associate Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong has said. He made the comment at a closing workshop held ...
World Bank aid for poor
The World Bank has approved provision of $20 million to help poor and vulnerable families in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh increase their income, build skills and construct small-scale community infrastructure. The bank’s board of executive directors approved the funding for the Livelihood Enhancement and Association ...
Australia aids community infrastructure projects
The Australian Consulate General in HCM City on February 22 awarded Direct Aid Programme grants worth more than around US$144,500 to 11 projects for the 2016-17 period. The projects, based in the central and southern regions, span a range of sectors from community healthcare to small-scale ...
Hidden victims of war on drugs
Cambodia’s war on drugs is in full swing, routinely grabbing headlines as ever-growing numbers of suspects – more than 4,000 so far, most of them users – swell the Kingdom’s jails. But behind the high-profile raids, the campaign is having an alarming, albeit hidden, side ...
Ministries discuss major work roles and responsibilities
Representatives from three relevant ministries met on February 23 in Vientiane to discuss roles and duties in preventing and addressing the impacts of disasters and emergency incidents, addressing poverty, price adjustment of goods and other issues. The meeting was hosted by Ministry of Finance, with participation ...
Hot issues debated at cabinet meeting
A number of hot topics ranging from the illegal drug trade, measures to drive economic growth, and infrastructure development were tabled for debate at the monthly cabinet meeting which began on February 23. Chaired by Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, the ordinary meeting for February heard ...
Women flock to foreign work
The number of Cambodian women being sent to work abroad last year increased by 30 percent compared with 2015, a report said. However the report also noted that more than half of all the migrant workers who were rescued and repatriated last year were women. According ...
