Ho Chi Minh City will spend VND390 billion ($20.4 million) to implement anti-flood projects in the first half to reduce 40% of the submerged places this year, an environment official of the city said. Do Tan Long, head of the municipal Center for...
Vietnam’s central province of Danang has approved allocating VND84 billion ($4.39 million) to implement a project to prevent and mitigate natural disasters, the Tien Phong newspaper reported March 4. The project, which will be managed by the...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will spend VND450 billion ($23.56 million) to implement a project to reduce environment pollution in craft villages from now up to 2015. The project will help treat waste and provide clean water for 30...
The Hanoi People's Committee has introduced fines of up to VND15 million ($789) for people caught illegally discharging solid and domestic waste. It's the first time the city's People's Committee has published administrative punishments for...
Vietnam reported 176 forest fires at 1 pm yesterday [March 4], the Quan doi nhan dan newspaper reported Thursday, citing the Forest Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The department said that...
A working group on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) has made its debut in Hanoi to help Vietnam in forest management. The group, jointly established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the European...
The European Commission (EC) will help Vietnamese agencies improve education management and assessment this month, the Vietnam News Agency said Mar 2. The information was released at a two-day conference in Nha Trang city on Mar 2, which discussed...
Vietnam will hold Mar 6th a one-week exhibition on ancient books that were published domestically and abroad between the 7th century to prior to 1945, state media reported March 3. Viewers will be provided with drafts and signatures of great...
The Association for International Manpower Development of Medium and Small Enterprises (IMM Japan) will receive 1,000 Vietnamese trainees for a three-year technical training program, said IMM Japan president Kyoei Yanagisawa. An agreement on the...
The Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) will hold an online dialogue on the national tertiary education reform in the 2010-2012 period on Mar 6. The event, which will be chaired by Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan,...
