Authorities of Vietnam’s southern province of Vinh Long have approved a project to provide safe water for poor Khmer ethnic people. More than 1,000 families in communes of Tra On, Tam Binh, Binh Minh, Vung Thiem and Mang Thit will get benefit from...
The government will provide as much support as possible for the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan to help it eradicate poverty and develop agriculture, industry and services. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the pledge while working with...
Oxfam, a U.K. non-governmental organization, will support economic development for ethnic people and poor women in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai and help develop trademarks for local farm produce. This was the focus of a working...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam have funded nearly VND14 billion to help poor people in 16 districts’ 126 communes since early this year. Local authorities are working out a plan to provide essential goods, such as iodized...
The Ho Chi Minh City Communist Youth Union has funded VND3.3 billion to help nearly 13,800 young people escape from poverty, the Communist Party of Vietnam said June 24. During a meeting to review youth activities in the 2009-2010 school year, the...
Provinces in the Mekong River Delta have generated jobs for 60,000 rural workers between Jan and Jun, including 17,000 ethnic people. However, 19% of the rural labor force remains unemployed, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said June 27. To achieve this...
The Vietnamese Army Engineer Corps successfully deactivated a 250-kg bomb in Hanoi’s Dong Anh District on June 24. The 1.54m-long bomb contained 192 kg of explosive. The device was highly dangerous because the explosive was found on its fuse, the...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh have detonated 28 wartime shrapnel bombs at sub-area 1 in Nam Ly ward, Don Hoi city, the Tien phong newspaper reported on June 25. All bombs were detected by the locals during the...
Vietnamese firms exported 200,000 tons of rice more in the first two weeks of June, raising the total export volume to 2.9 million tons worth $1.3 million so far this year, the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) said. Firms sold rice for $513.43/ton on...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training on June 11 kicked off a program on improving the quality of high school education worth of $71 million, of which $60 million comes from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The 2010-2015 program will be...
