Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco) has written to the city government proposing building a water reservoir with a capacity of 1.35 million cubic meters on 23 hectares in the outlying district of Cu Chi in 2016-2017. Sawaco said the city now lacks...
A number of coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta which are located about 25-40 km from the sea are expected to welcome inflows of fresh water in April when the tide recedes, according to the Southern Irrigation Science Institute. The institute...
How to ease losses caused by drought and saltwater intrusion that are afflicting the Mekong Delta, south-central and Central Highlands regions dominated the last monthly meeting of the incumbent Government. Such was the last meeting for 20 out of 27...
The United States government will grant more support for Vietnam in the fight against the trafficking and sales of wildlife and animals so that the latter can build policies in line with the world’s standards, state media reported March 29 citing U....
President Truon Tan Sang said he hopes the World Bank (WB) will support Vietnam in coping with the prolonged salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta during a meeting with WB Country Director to Vi?t Nam Victoria Kwakwa yesterday. He briefed the WB...
The Russian government will grant 855 scholarships to Vietnamese students in the category of university degree, masters, PhD and trainees, state media reported. Accordingly, the undergraduate degree takes from four to five years, master degree two...
Tan Hiep Village in Cam Tuyen Commune, Cam Lo District in the central province of Quang Tri is called the “bomb sawing village” because nearly 90% of the villagers used to earn their living searching for scrap metal left from wars. Several years ago...
A delegation of Chapter 60 of the U.S. Veterans For Peace (VFP) is visiting Vietnam’s central city of Danang in a bid to enhance bilateral cooperation, state media has reported. The delegation, led by Searcy Charles Mathes, was received by Huynh Duc...
Twelve mixed media paintings by Hanoi-based artist Nguyen The Hung that will be on show at the Craig Thomas Gallery in HCM City from March 25 to April 21 along with a fascinating story about how the Dao and Mong ethnic groups live. “The idea for...
Vietnam signed $27.78 billion of official development assistance (ODA) and soft loans in the 2011-2015 period, according to the government’s report submitted to the National Assembly on March 21. Of the sum, $26.53 billion was soft loans, accounting...
