- Finland’s Foreign Ministry has funded a EUR500,000 project to help Vietnamese coastal localities adapt to climate change. The project started in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa and the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau in late 2011...
The Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport (MoT) is seeking foreign capitals to build Trung Luong- My Thuan expressway in southern region in 2013, the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon newspaper reported, citing an official. Duong Tuan Minh from Cuu Long Corp for...
New Zealand has committed that it will provide more official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam, especially in education and training next years, New Zealand Deputy PM and Finance Minister Simon English said. Simon English made the commitment...
The UK’s Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) will support Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance to improve the quality of auditors, the Lao Dong newspaper reported on Apr 20. The ACCA will help the finance ministry supply high quality...
U.S. war veterans have expressed their hope to make further contributions to solving the aftermath of war, especially in solving the Agent Orange/dioxin issue and assisting in the clearance of leftover unexploded ordnance. At a reception given to 15...
The Australian Agency for International Development (Ausaid) and the World Bank (WB) on April 9 announced that they will fund $150,000 to five education projects in Vietnam, state media reported on Apr 10. The projects worth $30,000 each will focus...
The German State of Hessen on April 10 granted scholarships worth VND6 million each to 26 outstanding students who are studying at universities and colleges in Vietnam’s central city of Danang. This is part of an educational cooperation program...
As many as 845 primary schools with around 315,000 students in 36 provinces and cities have benefited from the School Education Quality Assurance Program (SEQAP) during its two years of operation, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen...
Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is estimated to need VND200 trillion ($9.52 billion) to implement environment projects in the 2012-2020 period, state media reported. This is part of the city’s overall plan on infrastructure...
The Vietnamese government has approved an additional EUR130,000 in aid from the Finnish government for the country’s Water and Sanitation Program for Small Towns Phase II (WSPST-II). The Ministry of Construction has been empowered to finalize legal...
