Authorities of Hanoi have approved a VND154 billion ($7.3 million) project, funded by the World Bank, to improve competitiveness of animal husbandry and food safety in Vietnam’s capital city, state media reported. Of the sum, around VND122.8 billion...
The Japanese government pledged over JPY100 billion ($1.22 billion) in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam in the first half of 2010 fiscal year, equivalent to the figure of 2009. The Japanese ODA to Vietnam in the second half will far...
Since the 2006-2007 school year, the project on primary education for disadvantaged children by the Ministry of Education and Training has opened over 18700 classes to teaching Vietnamese for 267800 students from ethnic minority groups. The...
Vietnam’s central highlands province of Dak Lak has eliminated all inadequate housing for ethnic minority families so far. In a program to support poor ethnic minority families’ housing alone, districts, towns and cities of the province have...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has funded $19.9 million for a sustainable economic development project for ethnic minorities in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Dak Nong, the Ministry of Finance said. Minister Vu...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Phu Yen have launched a campaign to build 400 charity houses for poor families by next July. The move is aimed at stabilizing lives and ensuring social security for local households, the Nhan Dan...
The Xuan Organization from France has recently awarded 80 scholarships, each worth VND700,000, to poor students in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Kon Tum. The organization also granted 208 jackets and 18 shawls for the students in Po Ko...
HCM City will introduce measures to uplift farmers to ensure there are no poor farming households in the city in five years' time, the city leader has promised. Le Hoang Quan, chairman of the People's Committee, told a meeting held to review the...
The second phase of a poverty reduction project in the northern province of Dien Bien began implementation in 4 districts including Muong Anh, Muong Cha, Dien Bien Dong and Tua Chua on November 12. The total invested capital for the project is $20...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing for its Annual Meeting, which will be held in Hanoi in 3 - 6 May 2011. ADB provides the Annual Meeting Civil Society Organisation program as an open space for dialogue between NGOs on the ADB...
