PM calls for stronger welfare program to fight crisis

Teachers and students at a makeshift classroom in the village of Muong Ly, considered one of the poorest villages in Muong Lat District, Thanh Hoa Province.

The social welfares ministry should beef up its social welfare programs in preparation for the economic difficulties that the nation will have to face next year, Prime Minister Nguyen [...]

Bush calls flawed Iraq intelligence biggest regret

President George W. Bush said the biggest regret of his presidency was flawed intelligence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

He told ABC “World News” in an interview airing on Monday that he was unprepared for war when he took office.
Bush leaves the White House on January 20 with public approval ratings near record lows [...]

World Bank calls on Vietnam to continue reforms

The Hai Van Tunnel in Da Nang, Vietnam’s first mountain pass, was built with construction assistance from Japan

World Bank Vice President James W. Adams Thursday called on the Vietnamese government to continue working on its reform agenda and assisting the nation’s poorest citizens.

At a biannual meeting of Vietnamese officials and representatives of [...]

Health Ministry calls for calm over tainted milk scare

HCMC authorities seized a large amount of melamine-tainted milk products for destruction Tuesday.

The Vietnamese Health Ministry Tuesday called for consumers to continue buying milk, issuing an assurance it had withdrawn most of the melamine-tainted dairy products circulating in Vietnam.

In a joint statement with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and [...]