Japan is ready to assist Vietnam in human resources training, finance and technology transfer for the communist nation in its bid to develop nuclear power plants, said Japanese lawmaker Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship...
The government of Japan is seeking to assist Vietnam in infrastructure development to help it build an industrialized economy, said Ambassador Yasuaki Tanizaki. Tanizaki, at a talk with Hanoi Foreign Trade University students yesterday, stressed...
Japan will grant JPY2.66 billion ($33 million) to help Vietnam build an electronic customs clearance procedure (e-customs) system and implement a one-stop customs system, the General Department of Vietnam Customs said. The move aims to help promote...
The World Bank approved on Mar. 22 a total of 522 USD million in credit for the development of Vietnam's urban, energy, and forest sectors. Three projects receiving the funds include the Cuu Long ( Mekong ) Delta Region Urban Upgrading Project; the...
Vietnam is planning to spend VND4.1 trillion on upgrading and building boarding schools in mountainous provinces by 2015 in an effort to support ethnic students, state media reported on Mar 20. Nguyen Thi Huyen, chief of the Ministry of...
The People's Committee of southern Bac Lieu Province has funded more than VND93 billion ($4.46 million) to buy health insurance cards for poor and near-poor households. It has so far provided more than 137,000 cards for poor households and 71,000...
According to the People’s Committee of the central province of Ninh Thuan, from 2009-2011, the province completed building 4,232 houses under the implementation of the Prime Minister’s decision on providing housing for the poor, one year ahead of...
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has proposed President Truong Tan Sang to approve a credit agreement worth $150 million from the World Bank (WB) for the country’s poverty reduction support credit program 10 (PRSC 10). Earlier in Jan,...
Thanks to assistance from Party committees, authorities and unions in providing loans, seeds and production methods over the past year, the southern province of Bac Lieu has helped over 3,100 families escape poverty. In 2011, 74 agencies helped 509...
In 2012, the northern province of Hoa Binh will strive to build and repair 120 houses for beneficiaries’ families with total capital of VND 4.5 billion. In addition, the province also aims to lift the living standard of 97% of beneficiaries’...
