The Australian government will provide an estimated AUD150.4 million ($152.1 million) in official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam in 2012-2013, according to a media release by the Australian embassy. With the funding, Vietnam will be...
A bomb exploded in Phong Dien District, Thua Thien-Hue Province causing the fire that destroyed five hectares of forest in the area. Mr. Nguyen Dai Vui, Chairman of Phong Dien District, on May 1st, said that the reason for the forest fire on April...
The Ben Tre provincial Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (AVA) presented 30 houses for families of Agent Orange (AO) victims on May 3. Chairwoman Le Thi Thanh Van said each house is worth VND50 million. Half of the construction cost was...
Sappers of the Can Tho Military Command successfully defused a bomb weighing 250 pounds which had been made in the USA, on May 2nd. Earlier on April 23rd, a local man named Nguyen Van Duc in Vinh Thanh Village, Vinh Trinh Commune, Vinh Thanh...
The USA will add $3.5 million in its support for Vietnam in overcoming the aftermath of the war, especially UXOs clearance. The above support is part of key cooperation programs between Vietnam and the USA as confirmed by Mr. Walter D. Givhan,...
In 2012, the Fatherland Front Committee in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue will continue supporting VND2.5 billion for poor households in 41 communes in the area loans for production and breeding out of poverty with the amount of VND5...
An acclaimed French documentary will be screened in Hanoi for the first time tonight, featuring the daily life of the Black Lo Lo ethnic group in Vietnam's Cao Bang Province. The film Rendez-vous in an Unknown Region with Black Lo Lo People features...
- In response to the project ‘Computer support for rural and remote schools’, CSC Vietnam has handed over 40 second-hand computers to the Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group. The computers will be presented to Phan Dinh Phung...
Vietnam wants to receive more supports from the Japanese government to develop its infrastructure system, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong said at a recent seminar in Hanoi. The Dau Tu newspaper cited Truong as saying that Vietnam...
The northern province of Hoa Binh has effectively used funding from Japanese financial organizations to promote socio-economic development and improve local living standards in recent years. The Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Bui...
