General News

  • Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has approved a VND57.3 billion ($3.2 million) project to give instructions on agricultural and fisheries expansion production for poor and nearly-poor families in seven communes in Soc Son District. The...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • The Vietnamese government is expected to spend VND26 trillion ($1.46 billion) for a project to provide vocational training activities for rural workers from now until 2020, the Dai Doan Ket newspaper reported, citing the Ministry of Labor, War...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • The government of Japan has provided $42 million in ODA for Vietnam to build a solid waste treatment complex in the northern coastal city of Haiphong. The complex will be built on 64.8 hectares, including one hectare for a dumpsite that meets Japan’...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • Vietnam’s southern province of Long An has imposed a VND1.5 billion ($84,000) fine on 75 companies for dirtying the environment year-to-date. Most of the polluters were accused of failing in building waste treatment facilities, the Vietnam News...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the French Embassy organized a seminar on water resources management project in Hanoi Oct. 20. The event drew participation of Vietnamese and French leading experts and environmentalists,...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • The Vietnam Association for Natural and Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to organize an awards ceremony for the Golden Cup for environmental protection in Vietnam in the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Culture...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • L’Oreal UNESCO granted scholarships to three Vietnamese female scientists on Oct 19 in recognition of their contributions to scientific development. The scholarships, the first of this kind for Vietnamese women in the field of science, aimed at...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong has begun to build a dormitory worth VND177.6 billion ($9.95 million) in Le Chan district. The project will cover an area of more than 29,600 square meters, the Dau Tu newspaper reported Wednesday. The...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • U.K. Education Exhibition opened in Vietnam’s central city of Danang on Oct 22 with the participation of 11 British universities and colleges.The event was organized by the British Council in coordination with Danang University, the A Ninh Thu Do...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009
  • Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai expects that Vietnam and the Republic of Ireland will develop further the bilateral cooperation in fields of economy, development assistance and education-training. The Deputy PM expressed the hope during his...
    Monday, 26th October, 2009