The Swiss government has pledged to continue providing $25 million in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam annually in the coming years, said Martin Dahinden, Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Martin...
Vietnam will need between $30 billion and $32 billion in official development assistance (ODA) for development projects in 2011-2015 period, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said at press conference in Hanoi on June 3. The Dau tu...
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has funded $2 million for a project to study an environmentally-friendly express bus system in Ho Chi Minh City. KOICA and Sub-Institute of Hydrometeorology and Environment of South Vietnam signed an...
The World Bank (WB) will not participate in Vietnam’s north-south express railway project that is estimated to cost $55.8 billion, local newswire VnExpress reported June 3, citing the Hanoi-based Chief Economist Martin Rama of the WB. Vietnam...
Legislation Department, Government Committee for Nationalities and authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa have held a conference to disseminate law for the mountainous ethnic minority. The events attracted over 140 leaders of Khanh...
Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan has recently opened a new secondary school costing VND3 billion ($157,894) funded by Mekong Housing Bank (MHB). The Ngo Quyen Secondary School, which is located on a 518.33-sq.m area in Bac Ai...
Center for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation of Vietnam’s southern province of Bac Lieu has operated 13 water treatment systems for more than 4,000 ethnic households since 2007. These water stations have been built in Bac Lieu...
Authorities of Quang Tri province in central Vietnam plans to build houses for more than 2,000 poor households with total investment of between VND6 million and VND7 million each this year. In addition, the Bank for Social Policies has pledged...
The Vietnam Challenge Fund (VNCF) has effectively assisted the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, hunger eradication and poverty reduction in rural and remote areas, the Communist Party of Vietnam said on its website June 5. Chairman...
The Vietnamese government is calling on the World Bank (WB) to increase its funding for the 9th Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC-9) to $250 million from the current $150 million. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has assigned the State...
