General News

  • The Vietnamese government has decided to keep the funding for poor households of ethnic minorities under the socioeconomic development program for 2009-2010 according the 30a/2008/NQ-CP Decree. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung assigned the...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • Schools in the central highlands province of Kon Tum will begin teaching students to play traditional music and instruments, including gongs, as part of a new project launched this year by the provincial Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism. The...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • The number of ethnic pregnant women in the central highlands province of Gia Lai having regular medical check-ups at clinics is increasing, but 58% of them still give birth at home. Medical teams have toured mountain villages in Gia Lai to talk with...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • The city of Melbourne and the Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City December 10 launched the 2010 Young Artist Grants Program in HCM City.  The project is an initiative of Melbourne aimed at supporting young emerging visual artists...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • The government of Belgium has financed EUR10 million to a project to improve water sources management in Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan. Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Hubert Cooreman and Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • The World Bank (WB) has lent Vietnam $127 million to help the country improve primary education system in the 2010-2015 period, state media reported Dec 9.  An agreement and legal documents related to the project have been signed by Governor...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • The World Bank (WB) plans to approve a $500 million loan for the first package of Vietnam’s public investment reform program at a meeting on December 21, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) said on its website on Dec. 10.  The loan is part of the $...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • The World Bank (WB) and the State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank, inked a credit agreement worth $65.26 million for a project to improve competitiveness of husbandry industry. The project, totaling $79.03 million, will improve a...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • Save the Children Japan (SJC), Japan’s non-governmental organization, will provide VND61 billion ($3.3 million) for three projects in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai. The news was released at a meeting between a delegation from the...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009
  • The northern province of Vinh Phuc has received almost $1.39 million in aid from 21 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international cooperation agencies to implement charity projects in 2008-2009. These organizations, including MCC, GEDA and...
    Wednesday, 16th December, 2009