Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi is focusing on medical human resources training and administrative reform to improve the quality of public health services in the 2014-2015 period and onward. The capital city aims to reach the rate of 12.5 doctors...
Vietnam needs approximately $30 billion to implement green growth strategies by 2020, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said. Up to 70% of the total figure will come from non-state sector, Pham Hoang Mai, head of MPI’s Department of...
In response to the “Earth Hour” campaign which will take place from 20.30 to 21.30 pm on March 28, a launching ceremony of “Turn off the lights, turn on the ideas 2015? contest and “I ride a bike today” campaign will be held at Laca Coffee in Hanoi...
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs would ask its provincial agencies to evaluate and restructure vocational schools in order to improve their performance, said Duong Duc Lan, director general of the Vocational Training Directorate....
The Association of Agent Orange Victims of the southernmost province of Ca Mau said it will build 100 houses costing VND15 million each for the victims facing housing difficulties this year. The association will raise cash for the program from...
The Steering Committee for the Central Highlands said the regional provinces have worked together to mobilize nearly VND3.8 trillion ($177.1 million) to improve infrastructure and production in impoverished ethnic-minority communities. This...
Last year, the Fatherland Front Committee of the central province of Ninh Thuan built 84 houses and offered 30,000 gifts worth VND10 billion ($468,000) for the poor and families who had made contributions to the country during wartime. The money was...
The government’s educational project targeting nine minority ethnic groups with populations under 5,000 has produced positive results after four years of implementation. According to Nguyen Hoa, Deputy Director of the provincial Education and...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a census project on 53 ethnic minorities, not including the major group of Kinh people, to improve managerial work on ethnic issues, the government said on its website. Authorities will collect...
The Vietnamese prime minister has proposed the president allow the State Bank of Vietnam to sign two loan agreements worth $53.2 million for the Nhon-Hanoi Station railway in the capital city of Hanoi. Of the sum, $49 million is expected to come...
