Associations of Agent Orange (AO) victims in 50 cities and provinces across Vietnam have collected VND56 billion during the “Action month for Vietnamese AO/dioxin victims”. Of the total, the AO victims sponsor fund spent around VND49 billion...
Vietnam’s southern province of Bac Lieu has found many bombs and warheads in recent times, which cause troubles for the locals, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported on Sept 30. Among those, a 250-kg bomb was detected by Gia Bao construction...
Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh has invested VND720 million ($36.9 million) in a program to provide an education chance for local poor students who are vulnerable to dropouts. This is the second year the locality has implemented the program...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai Sept 13 approved a VND598 billion ($30.67 million) project on clean water supply and environmental sanitation in rural areas from now up to 2015. This is part of the national target program on...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi Sept 15 approved a $40.2-million project to build a domestic waste treatment plant in Soc Son district this year. The 15-hectare facility will be built under the form of build-operate-transfer (BOT) in...
More than 220 firms from 23 nations worldwide will take part in an international exhibition and conference on water and wastewater treatment, slated in Ho Chi Minh City from Nov 10-12. The event will see the participation of leading firms from South...
Vietnam is forecast to need about $20 million to completely stop using hydro-chloro-fluoro-carbons (HCFCs) in the next 15 to 20 years as part of efforts to protect the ozone layer, an official of Hydrometeorology and Climate Change Department (HCCD...
As many as 24 people in Vietnam’s central city of Danang were hospitalized Sept 16 due to food poisoning, the Phap Luat Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh newspaper reported Sept 17. The victims reportedly suffered from symptoms of headache, vomiting and...
Germany has pledged a total EUR1 billion in official development assistance (ODA) for development projects in Vietnam since 1990, the Kinh te Do thi newspaper reported Sept 16. The information was released at Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen...
A cultural exchange between young ethnic people from Vietnam and China opened in Hanoi on September 14. As one of the highlights of “Vietnam-China Friendship Year’ and an activity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic...
