The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the country’s central bank, yesterday appointed Lien Viet Commercial JS Bank (LienVietBank) to arrange a loan of $900 million funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the Mong Duong 1 coal-fired power project....
Animal husbandry and feed companies in Vietnam and the Netherlands will cooperate in quality registration, management, food safety, and enhance closer relations between breeders and businesses. Dutch Minister of Agriculture and Foreign Trade Henk...
The Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups has been enlarged with an additional 700 hectares from the Dong Mo farm, according to the Management Board of the site. Located in Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi, the Vietnamese Ethnic Culture-Tourism...
The Hanoi municipal People's Committee has issued Decision No. 1316/QD-UBND approving the project for the 'Protection, care and development of children from ethnic minorities and disadvantaged areas in the city for the 2011-2015 period.' The project...
The Ho Chi Minh City’s Border Guard and the City’s Vietnamese Fatherland Front raised funds of VND 1,916 billion and built 47 houses and some public constructions for the poor in Can Gio District. The two units held a conference to review the...
Around 24,500 copies of assorted books will be provided for communes, wards and towns in 63 cities and provinces nationwide throughout this year. This was announced at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday by the Party Central Committee's...
Ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands possess a unique culture, which is highlighted by their springtime festivals and cuisine when people set aside their field work to enjoy the season. As soon as villagers finish harvesting their crops...
Vietnam is estimated to have recorded 300,900 hungry families in the first three months of 2011, with 1.23 million starveling people, the General Statistics Office (GSP) said. Most of the households are mainly in rural remote mountainous provinces,...
The Vietnamese government will spend VND3.1 trillion ($148.33 million) to help low-income earners partly cover increasingly daily expenses, state media reported Mar 31. The sum will benefit five groups, including state employees and armed servicemen...
Sick children from poor families are getting the surgery they need thanks to the remarkable Children of Vietnam Charitable Fund. The group has sponsored surgery for 12 children from March 30 to April 8 this year. Those children, from needy families...
