General News

  • The committee of Ethnic Minorities is now building a socio-economic development project for four ethnic groups including the Mang, the La Hu, the Cong and the Co Lao in the three northern mountain provinces of Dien Bien, Lai Chau and Ha Giang....
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs officially launched a project on Jan 5 to empower Vietnamese women who are guest workers overseas. With $250,000 sourced from the UNIFEM,...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will provide a loan of $2.15 million for a bridge project in central Vietnam, the Quan doi Nhan dan newspaper reported Jan. 6. The 860-meter long bridge, which will connect Amaron and Kdam communes in...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to lend $3.122 million to an agriculture and biogas program in Danang City. The program worth VND66 billion is aimed to improve quality of agro products and develop biogas sources in the central city, the...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • Civil Construction Engineering Corp (Cienco) No.1, Civil Construction Engineering Corp (Cienco) No.8 and Thang Long Construction Corp (TLG) won packages worth VND1.8 trillion to build a 61.3-kilometer highway, local media reported.  TLG and...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • The Ministry of Health has proposed the government of Vietnam to increase investments for six major hospitals as part of efforts to deal with the overload, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported Jan. 5. They are Bach Mai Hospital, E Hospital’s...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu has approved a plan to spend VND1 trillion ($54 million) to build eight more cancer treatment centers, the Saigon Times Daily newspaper reported. Under the plan, the five centers will be located at...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • The government of South Korea approved a development aid program for Vietnam including a fund for the construction of a 500-sickbed hospital that costs $35 million in the central province of Quang Nam. This will be the largest ODA project funded by...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has completed a draft decree on hiking hospital fees to provide better healthcare treatment for patients, said Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu. Some of types of medical treatments at central and district-level hospitals...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has dispatched ten teams to inspect hygiene and safety of Tet food products in 30 cities and provinces nationwide from Jan. 1 to Feb. 14, state media reported. The teams will focus on inspection on wholesale markets...
    Monday, 11th January, 2010