The Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Board of Directors approved a poverty reduction program with a total investment of $108 million for Vietnam on Oct 25, ADB senior official said. The funding will be used for upgrading 600 kilometers of rural roads...
Enhancing forests’ contributions to hunger elimination, poverty alleviation, environmental services and livelihood improvement is the general objective of a project funded by the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and...
The central province of Phu Yen will spend over VND 363 billion giving vocational training to 52,000 rural laborers, mainly beneficiaries, the poor and those whose cultivated land was revoked, during the next five years. The vocational training will...
A song writing contest about Agent Orange victims has recently been launched in Hanoi by the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin (VAVA) and the Vietnam Musicians Association. Entries should focus on encouraging AO victims to...
A seminar on Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO) victims has been held in Coventry in England, the U.K., to help local residents understand more about the effects of the toxic chemical and call for support for the victims. Speaking at the event, Professor...
Vietnam has tried very hard to reduce its poverty rate and support the poor and the Vietnam Fatherland Front has held the ‘Day for the Poor’ for ten years. The movement has made very encouraging achievements through active response from various...
A weeklong program "Join hands for hunger and poverty reduction and nutrition improvement" was launched Oct 15 in Hanoi by the National Institute of Nutrition and the World Vision Vietnam. Organizers called on the government to develop appropriate...
Holcim Vietnam cement company Ltd gave 60 scholarships worth VND30 million to students who have difficult circumstance. The scholarships with name: “Holcim scholarship program goes to school with you”, were given to 60 students at school in Tan...
The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee launched a “Month for the poor” on October 14. Millions of poor people across the country have been assisted by the group’s Fund for the Poor. Over the last 10 years, the Fund has received VND5,120...
Border guards of Vietnam’s central highlands province of Kon Tum have handed over 137 charity houses to the poor since early 2009. The beneficiaries are from 10 communes of the three border districts of Sa Thay, Ngoc Hoi and Dak Glei, the Cong An...
