General News

  • Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri have approved a VND378 billion ($18.1 million) project on fresh water supply and environmental sanitation. The investment comes from official development assistance (ODA) loans, non-refundable...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • Health authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have cautioned about wider spread of rubella, as the number of rubella patients has been rising in recent times, said deputy director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases Nguyen Hong Ha...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city of Vietnam, will take drastic measures to cut the rising rate of chronic diseases and obesity among children, said a health official. Director of the HCM City Nutrition Centre Do Thi Ngoc Diep made the...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • The U.K. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) will launch a training course on child protection in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City today [Feb 28] in an effort to help prevent sex crimes among kids, state media...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) will kick off construction on a VND631 billion ($30.22 million) manpower training center funded by Middle East nations in the central province of Thanh Hoa in the second...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • The government of Japan will fund more than $4 million to restructure legal system in Vietnam under a four-year project signed in Hanoi Feb 25, state media reported Feb 28.  The project which will begin in April was signed by Tsuno Motonori,...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide technical support for Vietnam to better manage and maintain its modern highway system under recently signed a contract in Hanoi on Feb 25. The contract, signed by officials from the JICA...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • Officials from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) tomorrow will work with Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport on providing technical assistance for upgrading an expressway in the north. Earlier, Japan’s Central Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • A seminar on Vietnam-Finland Innovation Partnership Program (IPP) Feb 28 opened in the central city of Danang to help local firms to know about role of innovation in successful business activities and ways to access a Finnish-sponsored project. The...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011
  • Luxemburg has pledged EUR42 million ($58.19 million) in non-refundable aid for Vietnam’s socio-economic development projects from now until 2015. The aid will go to develop infrastructure system and help reduce poverty in the country, Luxembourg...
    Tuesday, 8th March, 2011