General News

  • Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the establishment of Natural Resources and Environment University, raising the total number of universities and colleges to 380. The foundation of the university is Hanoi Natural Resources and...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • 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 this year, said IMM Japan president Kyoei Yanagisawa. An agreement...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • Belgian Liege University and Danang University are joining hands to offer Logistics and Transport Masters training courses. The training, which is part of a post-graduate training program between the two universities signed in 2008, is the first of...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • Vietnam has affirmed its strong commitment to the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Son at a conference in Hanoi Mar. 23. He welcomed the UN initiative and confirmed...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development will provide a $14 million loan to Vietnam’s northern mountainous road project under an agreement signed in Hanoi on Mar 12, the Vietnam News Agency said. Under an agreement inked between Finance Deputy...
    Wednesday, 24th March, 2010
  • 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