General News

  • Japan has provided a $78,690 non-refundable aid to five projects in health, education and agriculture sectors in Vietnam, the Dau tu newspaper reported. Of which, $187,838 will be granted to provide medical equipment for health facilities in two...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa started to implement $2.6 million project partly funded by the World Bank to increase a competitiveness of agricultural products, the Vietnam News Agency said.The project will focus on improving technology in...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
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    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has signed an agreement with Atlantic Commodities Vietnam Ltd, a subsidiary of Swiss ECOM to set up a coffee grower training center in Vietnam, the Sai Gon Giai Phong...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • The World Bank has financed a combined VND57 billion (nearly $3 million) for two power grid projects in the southern province of Dong Thap, the Vietnam News Agency said. Of the total, VND38 billion is injected into a project to build a 110-kV...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • Russia will help Vietnam train nuclear energy experts beginning this year, according to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan and General Director of Russian...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • Agricultural Development Denmark Asia (ADDA) organization has granted an aid of $1.8 million to Vietnam Farmer Association (VFA) to carry out the second stage of the community development project in the Southeast Asian country through 2014. The...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha, Head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Monotori Tsuno signed five agreements providing JPY25.82 billion ($285.45 million) in official development assistance (ODA) in Hanoi on March 18, the...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Institute of Technology (SaigonTech) will invest more than $400 million to build a hospital in Vung Tau City in May. Located on a site of 4 hectares, the 500-sickbed hospital will have 22 wards to treat cancer, brain...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • The Hanoi Preventive Medicine Center will spray chemicals to kill mosquitoes on the large scale in March as part of efforts to prevent spreading of the epidemic diseases. The center plans to vaccinate 25 million poultry, localize all disease...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010