Australia will grant 300 scholarships to Vietnamese students in 2010, doubling last year’ figure, said Graham Alliband, director of the Australian Scholarship for Development in Vietnam (ASDiV) at a conference on June 15. Under the ASDiV 2010,...
Hanoi estimates that it has handed over 1,079 houses for the poor in districts since early this year, the Hanoi moi newspaper reported on June 15. The beneficiaries are from the districts of Ha Dong, Soc Son, Chuong My, Hoai Duc, My Duc, Phuc...
A party politburo member has said it is necessary to consider improving living conditions for people to be the nucleus of a new rural program. At a conference on the issue in Hanoi on June 18, Truong Tan Sang, who is also permanent member of the...
Authorities of the northern province of Yen Bai plan to deactivate a bomb which was found in the residential area in Yen Bai City, before June 18. The bomb was left by the U.S. army during the Vietnam War.
Authorities of Vietnam's central highlands province of Kon Tum have detected 600 bombs and mines during site clearance for realty project in Kroong commune, the Nguoi lao dong newspaper reported on June 16. The U.S. army released many bombs and...
A 12-year-old boy was killed and seven others were injured in a mine explosion in southern Binh Phuoc Province's Binh Long Town on June 14. The accident happened when one of the victims found a mine and tried to pry it open in order to sell the...
A Greek national donated nearly 70 million VND to Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims in the central city of Da Nang on June 18. Kostas Sarantidis, whose Vietnamese name is Nguyen Van Lap, raised the money by selling books about Vietnamese AO/Dioxin...
The U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin has announced an action plan for the period of 2010-2019 with an estimated expenditure of $300 million, state media reported on June 17. The plan, released at a press briefing in Hanoi June 16,...
As many as 97 workers of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Showa Vietnam Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Showa Co of Japan, suffered from food poisoning on June 9, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said June 10. The victims were hospitalized with symptoms of...
