The central province of Binh Dinh has received funding from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) to build 1,187 houses for poor families in the three mountainous districts of Van Canh, An Lao and Vinh Thanh. Of the total houses, 608 have been...
Chairman of Saigon Invest Group, Dang Thanh Tam, Oct 17 granted VND20 billion ($1.12 million) to the central province of Ninh Thuan in the program “For the Poor in Ninh Thuan Province”. According to the organizing committee, over VND72 billion and $...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
