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...
The Survey Assessment of Vietnamese Youth (SAVY 2) which was conducted by the Ministry of Health, General Statistics Office, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) showed that Vietnamese youths expect...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will fund JPY505 million ($5.3 million) for a training project to improve capability of Vietnamese health workers which is slated to start in July. JICA and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health signed a...
The Ministry of Health (MoH) estimates nearly 30,000 Vietnamese people go abroad for medical treatment annually, with total spending of more than $1 billion. The information was released at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City May 29 with participation...
Japan’s National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) has pledged to provide training courses and medical equipment for the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital in order for raising capability of Vietnamese health workers. The NCGM and the Ministry...
French groups operating in the nuclear power industry on May 28 organized a conference to share their experience in developing nuclear power with Vietnam, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said on its website May 31. French Ambassador to...
