Seven northern mountainous provinces in Vietnam have received 52 ambulances worth $3 million, which is part of the World Bank-funded Northern Uplands Health Support Project (NUP). Of the total, Cao Bang province was handed with 14 ambulances while...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will fund $1 million to support Vietnam in identifying Vietnamese missing soldiers to mark the agency’s 10th anniversary in the Southeast Asian country, state media reported. The USAID...
Denmark will continue to help Vietnam improve children’s literature in the period 2011-2015 under an agreement signed between the countries on Nov 18, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said. The project will target children of the 10-14 age group,...
Border troops in Vietnam’s northern province of Lai Chau have taken part in various activities to help local ethnic minority people in 4 bordering communes in Muong Te district. On Nov 24 24th, the Border Guard’s High Command and the Lai Chau...
Vietnam’s central highlands province of Kon Tum will spend VND385 billion ($19.7 million) to build 77 boarding schools for ethnic minority students in poor areas by 2015, according to the province's Department of Education and Training. Nearly 10,...
Children, pupils and students of nine ethnic minorities in six provinces of Vietnam will receive assistance for better education environment under a 2010-2015 project recently approved by the government chief. The move is part of the government’s...
Preserving unique architectural features and authentic traditional customs of ethnic minority groups is an effective and necessary move for conserving and promoting Vietnamese cultural identities. This view was shared by cultural researchers and...
Doctors from Nguyen Trai hospital and Kien Giang Association for the Poor have provided free eye surgeries for 180 poor patients in the Central Highlands of Gia Lai, the Van hoa newspaper reported Nov 24. All poor patients are Jarai and Bana...
About 4,800 poor farming households in Vietnam’s northern provinces of Thanh Hoa, Hoa Binh, Nghe An, and Phu Tho will receive aid worth more than US$4.1 million from the Spain’s fund for Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Vietnamese...
Nearly 5,000 poor households in four provinces will be given a helping hand to increase income and job opportunities during the next two years. This is one of the main targets of a joint program on green production and trade in Thanh Hoa, Nghe An,...
