The U.S. government continues its cooperation efforts with Vietnam through a series of programs that support the latter country’s efforts to build on its higher education system. The education alliance has assisted more than 30,000 university...
More than 40 years after the end of the war in Vietnam, young specialists, including many women in their 20s, are working to clear locales in the central province of Quang Tri of leftover unexploded ordnance (UXO). Quang Tri was one of the most...
A research conducted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Science and Technology shows that effect of Agent Orange/dioxin on pregnancy at three hotspots in Vietnam remains serious. The findings were announced at a...
Policies supporting veterans affected by toxic chemicals during wartime have shown encouraging initial results, Politburo member Truong Thi Mai said. At a working session with the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin (VAVA) on...
To celebrate the upcoming election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the election to the People’s Councils at all levels on May 15, Vietnam Women Union in Ho Chi Minh City organized a program named “ Yeu thuong va chia se” (Love and...
The World Bank (WB) will provide an additional $78.03 million for expanding the project titled Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project (LIFSAP) in Vietnam, said Victoria Kwakwa, vice president of WB in Asia-Pacific. The expanded project...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has taken several measures to help the Vietnamese government better use official development assistance (ODA) for public-private partnership (PPP) projects. JICA will share specific mechanisms to...
The EU has granted EUR90,000 to support Vietnamese people affected by drought and salinization in the Mekong Delta and the Central Highlands, state media reported. The grant is part of the sum of EUR178,000 that the European Fund for Urgent Disaster...
Deutsche Gesellschaft fürInternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ) or the German Agency for International Cooperation is continuing its financial support worth total EUR7 million to wind power development in Vietnam until 2018. The funding will be...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has called for increased efforts to provide effective and safe vaccines under the National Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to all children in the country, state media reported. The announcement was made at a...
