The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged to finance $10 billion for development projects in Vietnam in 2011-2015 period. The Manila-headquartered bank will focus on supporting infrastructure, environment, education and other several projects in...
Authorities of Vietnam’s southern province of Ca Mau have donated more than VND4 billion ($205,100) to help ethnic minority people in the 2009-2010 period. The funding is aimed to assist residential and production land as well as vocational training...
Workers of a transport company in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho found a bomb while transporting sand to a construction site. The 150 kilogram bomb was found in a truck belonging to Thanh Chau Company which was carrying sand from Can Tho to Ca Mau...
On Oct 2, Mr Dao Ba Tam and his wife Hoang Thi Nu in Hai Chanh commune in the central province of Quang Tri were farming, then they suddenly tough a mine whose explosion injured them. Unluckily, Tam, 45 years, died at Hue central hospital in...
Vietnam’s southern province of Ben Tre has made debut a fund for AO/Dioxin victims, mainly sponsored by Lo Hoi Trading Co., Ltd, the Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper reported on Oct 4, citing an official. Foreign and domestic donors have to date...
Nearly 40 people in Bac Quang district, Vietnam’s northern province of Ha Giang were hospitalized due to food poisoning from Sept 25-27. The victims suffered symptoms of stomachache, vomiting, and high fever after attending a party in Dong Yen...
Vietnam will carry out a clean water supply project in rural areas between 2010 and 2020 with a total investment of VND500 billion ($25.64 million), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said. The MARD released the figure at a...
As many as 32 workers of Japan’s Nissey Co., Ltd based in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 were hospitalized due to food poisoning late Sept 30, the Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper reported Oct 1. The victims suffered symptoms of stomachache, dizzy,...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved to add VND48.7 billion ($2.49 million) to a national program on climate change adaptation, the Nong Thon Ngay Nay newspaper said Sept 29.The program with an initial investment of nearly VND1.97...
Natural disasters are estimated to have caused losses of VND1.8 trillion ($92.31 million) to Vietnam between Jan and Sept, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said. The central province of Nghe An was the hardest hit area with an estimated loss of...
