The New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam has announced New Zealand ASEAN Scholarships for postgraduate courses for the 2016 academic year, calling for applicants from Vietnam. Under the program, 30 successful awardees from Vietnam will receive full...
The Hau Giang Provincial Department of Education and Training in the Mekong Delta took steps to lower student drop-out rates in the 2014-2015 school year's second semester. Nguyen Hung Nhien, deputy head of the Hau Giang Department of Education and...
Vietnam aims to reduce the rate of poor households by 1%-1.5% each year under the updated standards of poverty between 2016 and 2020, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA). The updated standards of poverty,...
As many as 700 impoverished individuals, war veterans and orphans in two communes of the Phuc Tho district in Hanoi received free health check-ups thanks to a campaign from February 25-26. The drive was jointly organized by the Labor Union of the...
The Association for the Protection of the Disabled, Orphans, and Poor Patients of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has benefitted thousands of disadvantaged locals through various activities over the last two decades. An Giang is now home to...
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has launched two general hospitals with a combined cost of VND231 billion ($10.9 million) in the border districts of Cu Jut and Dak Mil in a bid to improve health care services for locals. According to Ngo...
The first Mong (H’mong) Ethnic Culture Festival was kicked off in Meo Vac district, the northernmost province of Ha Giang on February 28. The two-day event aims to nurture the traditional culture of the Mong ethnic minority group that has been...
The Railway Projects Management Unit under Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport is seeking to borrow official development assistance (ODA) for a VND33.36 trillion ($1.5 billion) railway project in northern Vietnam. The project includes the construction...
The World Bank has approved $100 million in additional financing for an ongoing project to help improve living standards for poor people in six provinces in Vietnam’s Northwest, the nation’s poorest region. Beneficiaries provinces are Hoa Binh, Son...
An increasing number of foreigners have been coming to Vietnam to seek in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in recent years thanks to the professional skills of Vietnamese doctors in this field and low treatment costs. The success rate of in-vitro...
