The Belgian government has approved to provide EUR10 million in official development assistance (ODA) for an upgrading project of clean water supply system of the Tra vinh city in Vietnam’s southern province of Tra Vinh. The project aims to double...
As many as 2.3 million doses of a new five in one vaccine are now available free-of-charge for children aged less than one as part of the National Expanded Program on Immunization which began on June 1. The vaccine, which protects against five...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have approved a project worth of VND202 billion to prevent landslides along the Hong (Red) River, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said June 02. The city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural...
Senior officials of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and experts from non-governmental organizations gathered at a conference on the sustainable development of Sesan-Srepok-Sekong Rivers (3S Rivers) taking place in the central highlands city of Buon Ma Thuat...
Up to 70% of total daily wastewater from industrial parks (IPs) nationwide is discharged into environment without treatment, damaging considerably water sources, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said in a report released June 1....
The Vietnamese National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Commission estimates the yearly revenue from environment tax will be between VND14.3 trillion ($752 million) and VND57 trillion ($3 billion). The commission announced the estimate in a discussion...
Japan will provide $78,000 in non-refundable aid to Vietnam’s mountainous northern province of Dien Bien to build a primary school in Ta Te commune, Dien Bien Dong district. An agreement to this effect was signed between Japanese Ambassador Mitsuo...
Representatives from countries, international organizations and donors attended the 7th dialogue on preventing and fighting against corruption in the education sector in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on May 28, the Vietnamese government said on...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the World Bank loan of $180 million for construction of Vietnam-Germany University (VGU) in the southern province of Binh Duong, the Vietnamese government said on its website June 1. The VGU,...
The U.S.-based East Meets West Foundation (EMW) has granted over $95,700 for the study encouragement association of Vietnam’s Quang Nam central province, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported on June 3. The EMW provided VND5.2 billion for clean water...
