Vietnam has granted about VND400 billion ($21.6 million) to poor people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) estimates that as many as 700,000 poor families totaling 2.9 million people...
Vietnam will need VND3 trillion ($162.35 million) to build houses for 180,000 poor families this year, said the Ministry of Construction.Of the total, VND1.5 trillion is expected to come from the sate budget and the rest in soft loans from the...
The Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) is finalizing projects and implementing incentive policies to improve the living conditions of the ethnic minorities.2010 is the last year for the Committee to complete its key projects...
World Vision, a U.S. non-governmental organization, will spend $17 million to carry out three projects to help flood victims and handicapped people in Vietnam this year, said Daniel Selvanayagam, its representative chief in Vietnam The projects aim...
The Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations (HAUFO), the Japanese council and the Kyoto Medical Planning Co., Ltd held a ceremony to hand over 339 medical equipment to four hospitals and 29 medical centers in districts in Hanoi on Feb. 2. Kusumoto...
Simco Song Da Joint Stock Company (SDA), an affiliate of Song Da Corporation, and Canadian partners plan to build a five-star international cancer treatment hospital in Vietnam. This is part of plans that the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX)-listed firm...
The Vietnamese prime minister has approved adding a waste treatment plant valued at VND101 billion ($5.46 million) in the central province of Ha Tinh to the list of projects to be funded by the government of Belgium. Located in Ha Tinh City, the...
Lemna International, the U.S. infrastructure development group, has received a license from Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue to build a waste treatment and recycling complex in Huong Tra district. The provincial authorities have assigned...
The UN Environment Program had supported the Vietnamese Natural Resources and Environment Strategy and Policy Institute to complete a report to assess climate change in Vietnam. Based on the historical data, the national report was the first by...
ELIV International Volunteer Organization has joined hands with InnovGreen in Vietnam to hold voluntary activities to help boost environment protection in northern Vietnam. The agencies instructed people in Quang Ninh province’s Tien Yen district to...
