General News

  • Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved four healthcare projects using official development assistance (ODA) of Italy, the government said on its website, giving no detail about the projects’ investment. Those projects will focus on...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded nearly $3 million for disability support projects in Vietnam’s central city of Danang since Oct 2008. The funding has been provided via the U.S.’s non-governmental...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • Vietnam is forecast to need VND100 billion ($5.13 million) for a reproductive health program next year, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported, citing the Ministry of Health (MoH). The MoH made the statement at a conference on sex, maternal and newborn...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • The Vietnamese government will continue boosting the implementation of the Unedited Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), and the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997, to cope with climate change, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • The Vietnamese government will need around $16 billion to invest in various wastewater treatment and environmental sanitation projects next decade, an official of the Ministry of Construction said.Nguyen Hong Tien, head of the ministry’s Technical...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • Many foreign nations have committed to assist Vietnam in dealing with impacts of climate change, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha. Ha made the statement after a Vietnamese delegation attended the 16th Conference...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • Authorities in Vietnam’s southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have approved a VND714 billion ($36.62 million) plan to curb pollution in the Dong Nai River in the 2010-2020 period. The water is being seriously polluted as it incurs a large volume of...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • The Global Community Service (GCSF) and the U.S.-based Boeing Corporation have put into operation a $31,000 school in Ta Long commune in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri in an effort to provide better learning environment for local students....
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and Embassy of Denmark on Dec 14 signed a $700,000 agreement on supporting fine arts education at Vietnam’s primary schools in the 2011-2015 period. This is the second stage of the project funded by...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010
  • Vietnam will need VND6 trillion ($307.7 million) to build student dormitories yearly in the 2011-2015 period to meet 60% of students’ accommodation demand. Between 2009 and 2010, VND8 trillion has been disbursed to provide 200,000-300,000...
    Tuesday, 21st December, 2010