The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund $100 million for Vietnam’s central and central highlands provinces to carry out a project to grow 23,000 hectares of forest, the Saigon Giai Phong newspaper reported Friday. The provinces are Dak Lak, Dak...
The Vietnam Youth’s Central Union and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) will launch a two-year project on gender equality for young people late this month, state media reported Friday. Attending the conference on gender equality...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has issued a circular to ask health workers, patients and their relatives to wash their hands before going to hospitals, state media reported Monday. The ministry also requested hospitals to supervise the implementation...
The World Bank, experts from the U.S. Institute of Health, Medical Research Fund International Henry Jackson and Vietnam’s Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene will start a $1.6 million A/H5N1 study project in Vietnam this month. Head of the...
The U.S., the Netherlands and Australia’s governments have pledged a combined of $9.18 million for two assistance projects of HIV/AIDS-infected people in Vietnam, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported Dec 18. The $300,000 credit project, funded by the U...
Representatives from seven ASEAN teachers’ associations and 13 international organizations took part in the 25th ASEAN Council of Teachers (ACT) Convention in Hanoi on Dec 11. The two-day forum focused on national education reports of ASEAN member...
The Asian Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $45 million loan to provide clean water and hygienic toilets to 350,000 people in six central coast provinces of Vietnam. The loan, approved on December 18, will help Vietnam implement...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi is estimated to need nearly VND100 trillion ($5.4 billion) for a flood prevention project between 2010 and 2020. Vice Chairman of the city People’s Committee Trinh Duy Hung said that the funding will come from the...
Vietnam called for support from developed countries and international organizations while introducing its efforts to cope with climate change at a seminar held in Copenhagen, Denmark on Dec. 14. The seminar, held on the sidelines of the UN Climate...
Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Thap authorities have approved a plan to build two medical solid waste and wastewater treatment systems valued at VND7 billion ($378,900) at hospitals. The systems will be built at Thap Muoi General Hospital and...
