Ho Chi Minh City wants the Japanese government will provide more official development assistance (ODA) capitals for its clean water supply projects, Vice Mayor Le Minh Tri said at a meeting with Mayor of Japan’s Osaka City Mikio Araki on Oct 28....
Germany’s Academy of Managers for Construction and Cities (AMC) and Dresden Sewerage and Drainage Company have joined an international conference on urban water management in Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa. The event focused on the...
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has decided to advance VND960 billion ($49.23 million) from the state budget to carry out rescue road projects for flood-prone areas between 2011 and 2015. The project will build 123 rescue roads in 30 provinces and...
The Japanese and Italian governments have decided to grant urgent relief goods to help flood-hit victims in central Vietnam, the Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper reported Oct 27. The Japanese government will donate JPY20 million ($240,000) worth of goods...
The Swiss Red Cross has provided VND1.6 billion ($82,000) as relief aid to victims hurt by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam’s central province of Phu Yen, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said Oct 28. Of the sum, VND1 billion will be given to EaBia commune and...
Vietnamese authorities Oct 26 caught red-handed India’s Saitex International Co., Ltd of discharging untreated wastewater into the environment, the Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper reported Oct 28. Saitex’s untreated wastewater was dumped into the Saigon...
Natural disasters are estimated to have left 173 dead and missing, and 168 injured this month, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said Oct 28. Of the total, Quang Binh province reported the highest human loss of 72, followed by Ha Tinh with...
Climate change, which is listed among the top three concerns globally after economic stability and terrorism, ranks the most concern for Vietnamese people, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)’s survey showed. This is the first time...
Universities and colleges in Vietnam are facing serious shortages of dormitories and libraries because up to 24 out of 196 educational institutions nationwide are operating without a library and only 18% of students in the country have got...
Vietnam will raise expenses for scientific researches period 2011-2015 in an effort to boost the local education, state media reported Oct 28. Deputy Minister of Education and Training said at a meeting held in Hanoi Oct 27 that the country should...
