Strong social dialogue, better working conditions and improved productivity will define economic progress in Vietnam, as it enters a new era of global integration, state media reported October 25 from a conference in Hanoi. This is the main message...
An unexploded bomb was discovered on Oct 22 in an area in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri which borders with Laos. Local residents found the bomb near the edge of Se Bang Hieng River in Huong Lap commune, Huong Hoa district, after a downpour...
Dozens kinds of unexploded ordnance (UXO) used in wartime have been disabled by Vietnam’s armed forces, surprising specialists from other countries. Local people and experts from the 4th conference of the Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Mine...
Senior officials from Vietnam and the U.S. have attended today [Oct 18] the start of the second and final phase of a dioxin contamination treatment at the Danang airport, the first project which marks the Washington’s official financial support to...
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on October 17 launched a month for the poor and raised fund for flood victims in the central region. The event drew the attendance of VFF President Nguyen Thien Nhan and Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue. It responded to...
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is stepping up poverty reduction efforts in the last quarter so as to cut the household poverty rate by 2.6% this year. To that end, local authorities will continue to survey poor and near-poor families and...
The central province of Quang Ngai plans to build 20 new boarding schools for ethnic students by 2020. The move will raise the total number of local boarding schools to 39. There are more than 45,000 students across mountainous districts in the...
Vietnam’s central bank-run Thoi bao Ngan hang (Banking Times) newspaper reported Oct. 19 that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Citibank have reached an agreement to arrange a syndicated $100 million for micro financial institutions in developing...
The Vietnam News Agency has reported that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to finance $211 million for Vietnam to cope with inundation in Ho Chi Minh City. The support will be made through a number of special-purpose...
A general hospital in Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh has admitted 31 infection cases including 11 died of the virus because of sepsis, a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death, state media reported. Whitmore virus is...
