Some 10,000 households in 127 ethnic minority villages in the central highlands province of Gia Lai have just had access to the national electricity grid. This was made possible through the VND357 billion ($20 million) electricity supply project...
The State Bank of Vietnam yesterday signed an agreement with the World Bank for a $500 million loan, sourced from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), to support local economic stimulus and public investment reform. The...
Hanoi-based National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology began December 29 to build a new treatment area that costs VND200 billion ($10.8 million). Deputy Director of the hospital Tran Quoc Viet said that 70% of the total investment came from bank...
Dengue fever has hit 41 provinces and cities in Vietnam with 81 deaths this year, down 8.98% from a year earlier, the Nhan Dan newspaper reported, citing the Ministry of Health. The epidemic has affected 93,339 people during the period, up 1.7% on...
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) pledges to continue helping Vietnam carry out projects to improve the population’s quality of life and to meet the nation’s socio-economic growth targets. Assistant to the UNFPA Chief Representative Tran...
Incomex Saigon Group and Phuong Nam Long JSC have approved the construction of a water plant that costs VND244 billion ($13.2 million) in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre. The plant, which is scheduled to start building next April, will have a...
The French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Union (EU) have financed EUR35 million for clean water supply and environment projects in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta provinces and cities. The AFD has funded EUR32 million to a project to provide...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have co-held a meeting to discuss measures to cope with climate change. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Khoi Nguyen reviewed...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will invest VND105 billion in anti-drought projects for agricultural production next year, the Hanoi Moi newspaper reported Tuesday. Of the total, VND40 billion will be used to upgrade pump stations and improve water...
More than 1,490 hectares of forest were destroyed this year in 314 forest fires nationwide, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Some districts in 13 northern and central provinces have seen little rain recently and the prolonged...
