General News

  • A delegation from Japan’s Ministry of Environment and City of Osaka has worked with authorities in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City better cope with carbon dioxide emissions. The working session was held following the signing of a...
    Tuesday, 4th March, 2014
  • The World Bank (WB) has pledged to support Vietnam’s policy-making process as it aims to attract investment to clean energy sources such as wind and solar power in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. WB Vice President Rachel Kyte made the...
    Tuesday, 4th March, 2014
  • Vietnam will officially establish the National Committee on Education and Training Reform in March as part of its efforts to further improve the quality of the sector. The committee led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will work as an advising...
    Tuesday, 4th March, 2014
  • Vietnam is seeking technical assistance and expertise exchanges from the U.K. and other international friends to improve the quality of its education and training, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. The Deputy PM made the appeal at a reception...
    Tuesday, 4th March, 2014
  • A team from the Truong Son Landmines Clearance Centre on Feb 17 defused and removed a bomb from a farm in Son Hoa commune, Tuyen Hoa district in the central province of Quang Binh. The bomb, weighing around 100kg, was unearthed two meters below the...
    Tuesday, 25th February, 2014
  • State agencies managing hunger eradication and poverty reduction programs cost Vietnam about VND75.6 trillion ($3.6 billion) per year, or 63% of the money used for such programs annually. Each year, Vietnam spends an estimated VND120 trillion ($5.7...
    Tuesday, 25th February, 2014
  • The health sector will launch a project encouraging young doctors to volunteer to work in the country’s 62 poverty-stricken districts in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai. This is part of activities to celebrate the Vietnamese Doctors’...
    Tuesday, 25th February, 2014
  • Most ethnic minority students have returned to school following the prolonged Tet holiday in the provinces of Dien Bien, Yen Bai and Khanh Hoa. This was due to the efforts of school management boards and local authorities. In the northern...
    Tuesday, 25th February, 2014
  • The European Union (EU) has agreed to provide EUR3 million to help Vietnam and neighbouring countries fight illegal logging and promote a sustainable forest initiative. At the launch ceremony for three EU-funded projects on February 18, Franz Jessen...
    Tuesday, 25th February, 2014
  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has launched a project costing $2 million with a grant from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to improve social welfare for local people. The project on Reform of Social...
    Tuesday, 25th February, 2014