General News

  • Vietnam is estimated to have recorded an economic loss of nearly VND3.68 trillion ($153.3 million) due to natural disasters in the first ten months of this year, down 73.8% y/y, according to the latest data from the General Statistics Office (GSO)....
    Monday, 6th November, 2023
  • The management board of Cham Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA), 20km off the coast of Hoi An City has been building procedures and requirements for the establishment of the Cham Islands Nature Reserve for extended protection and conservation of...
    Monday, 6th November, 2023
  • A cooperation agreement on equipping teachers and students with knowledge of Internet safety and improving their digital skill was inked between the Ministry of Education and Training’s Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES),...
    Monday, 6th November, 2023
  • The Chemical Command under the Ministry of Defense on October 24 announced the completion of dioxin cleanup at A So airport in A Luoi district, Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien – Hue. Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy...
    Tuesday, 31st October, 2023
  • Alongside support policies from Vietnam’s party and state, education, especially vocational education, is considered one of the systematic and sustainable solutions to poverty. A national survey released in January 2023 showed that the rate of...
    Tuesday, 31st October, 2023
  • The first festival of ethnic minority groups with population of less than 10,000 will be held in Lai Chau city in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau from November 3-5, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced at a press...
    Tuesday, 31st October, 2023
  • Defense-Economic Unit 79 under Army Corps 15, on October 25, worked with the Health Center in Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province to disseminate laws and provide free health check-ups for Bru-Van Kieu ethnic minority group in Khe Giua hamlet, Ngan...
    Tuesday, 31st October, 2023
  • The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has supported 17 projects and mobilized more than $788 million in Vietnam in the last 30 years, including $420.5 million from the fund itself, state media reported. Such projects have helped...
    Tuesday, 31st October, 2023
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) kicked off the technical assistance project on expanding inclusive and climate finance worth $5 million for Vietnam at an event attended by officials from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) on October...
    Tuesday, 31st October, 2023
  • Hanoi hopes for the World Bank's continued support to and collaboration with Hanoi in the implementation of projects across various fields, including wastewater management and the establishment of ten urban railway routes as well as tackling water...
    Tuesday, 31st October, 2023