Moved by her great sympathy for Agent Orange victims, Le Thi Thanh Thuy, Director of the Petrolimex Bank in Ba Ria Vung Tau province, has worked actively to help them. Over the years, Thuy has taken part in many charity programs for AO victims. Born...
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak said it aims to cut the poor household rate by 2.5% – 3% per year by 2020. (http://en.vietnamplus.vn/dak-lak-aims-to-bring-down-poor-household-rate/... Dec 18)
Pupils in a poor village in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang are in need of financial support to replace their current compacted-earth built classrooms. Over the past 16 years, whenever it has strong wind and heavy rains, six classrooms...
Solutions to preserving and promoting traditional cultural values of ethnic minority groups were the top agenda of a seminar held in Hanoi recently. (http://en.vietnamplus.vn/preservation-of-ethnic-minority-groups-cultural... Dec 23)
A 2016-2020 scheme to offer vocational training to ethnic minorities in Ho Chi Minh City, the first of its kind, was launched on December 23, by the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the municipal Committee on Ethnic...
A foreign newswire has reported that the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction has assumed a long-stalled project on water supply in Vietnam’s Mekong delta costing $1.7 billion in total, including $400 million to be financed by the World Bank. The...
During the Vietnam-US trade interaction after 2016 conference in HCMC on Dec. 20, General Consul Mary Tarnowka lauded Vietnam’s reform process and favorable conditions created for U.S. companies to invest in the Southeast Asian country, state media...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal to get $97 million worth of loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a project to improve infrastructure system in four central provinces. The PM assigned the People’s Committee...
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) has presented certificates of merit and insignia “For peace and friendship among nations” to 30 foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in honor of their practical contributions to poverty...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has recently established five inspectorates to check 37 national hospitals to evaluate their quality and services, state media reported. Inspectors will focus on checking doctors’ skill and treatment services. Evaluation...
